Strategies, Forces and Tactics of Farm Management Information Systems in Competitive Markets

Volume: 4    Issue: 4

Year of Publication: 2017

Pages: (35-39)

Authors: Hlaing Htake Khaung Tin

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Abstract

The agriculture based nations of the world, the Myanmar among them, are at present in the formative stages of the information society that is emerging from what was formerly an agriculture society. To complete in this environment, people need to understand what it demands from their organization. Accurate and easy to use Farm Management Information Systems (FMIS) are of fundamental importance for a successful operational farm management. This paper aims the agriculture business challenges of the information society and strategies, forces and tactics of (FMIS) in competitive markets that support farmers in managing their farms and markets both effective and efficiently. The farmer has to be empowered to allocate the scarce resources of the farm. Therefore, we picked a farm from the Loikaw, Kayah State, Myanmar as a case-study to apply a system analysis. The case study farm helps to identify and to analyze relevant material and information flows, production processes, and marketplaces.

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Keywords

Strategies; forces; tactics; farm management information system; competitive.