Happy Goats - A Decision Support Web App for Sustainable Small Ruminant Farming

Sotiria Vouraki; Yannis Skourtis; Dinos Psichos; Gus Rose; Georgios Arsenos

Happy Goats - A Decision Support Web App for Sustainable Small Ruminant Farming

Sotiria Vouraki
, Yannis Skourtis
, Dinos Psichos
, Gus Rose
, Georgios Arsenos

Animal Genetics and Breeding Unit

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The European sheep and goat sector is characterized by low incomes and increased production costs. There is no established farm management methodology; farmers rely on public subsidies to remain financially sustainable. Moreover, there is an extremely low level of innovation and adaptation of technology. This paper proposes Happy Goats, a model-driven decision support software which helps farmers make annual management planning decisions by running different what-if scenarios for the future. Happy Goats takes into account all important farm aspects (flock size, production, feeding, grazing, prices and cost factors) and produces profit-centric reports with simple and easy-to-understand charts and projections. Farmers are able to visualize the impact of their choices and plan for an optimized production. The app also provides a standalone daily feed calculator for optimal, customized daily feeding.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies in Agriculture, Food and Environment (HAICTA 2017)
Editors	Michail Salampasis, Alexandros Theodoridis andThomas Bournaris
Place of Publication	Germany
Pages	642-651
Volume	2030
Publication status	Published - 17 Dec 2017

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Vouraki, S., Skourtis, Y., Psichos, D., Rose, G., & Arsenos, G. (2017). Happy Goats - A Decision Support Web App for Sustainable Small Ruminant Farming. In M. Salampasis, & A. T. A. Bournaris (Eds.), Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies in Agriculture, Food and Environment (HAICTA 2017) (Vol. 2030, pp. 642-651). https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/73382

Vouraki, Sotiria ; Skourtis, Yannis ; Psichos, Dinos et al. / Happy Goats - A Decision Support Web App for Sustainable Small Ruminant Farming. Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies in Agriculture, Food and Environment (HAICTA 2017). editor / Michail Salampasis ; Alexandros Theodoridis andThomas Bournaris. Vol. 2030 Germany, 2017. pp. 642-651

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