（Agricultural Information Research, Japan, 10(1), 25-36, 2001）

Studies on the Construction of Local Agricultural Information Network Systems (1)

― Construction of Rural Area Resources Sharing Agricultural Accounting System ―

Takeshi HIRAISHI, Kazuhiro NAKANO and Takemi MACHIDA

Summary

Most agricultural information systems in rural areas have allowed only the one-way flow of information related to weather, market conditions, and cultivation techniques, to be searched and read via fax or internet by people working in the field of agriculture. However, the internet is in essence interactive, and has the advantage that information resources in various formats can be shared. It is very important to create a new type of agricultural system for rural areas that takes advantage of these features. In the present study, we have developed a resource sharing manage-ment system as such a new type of system. This system allows the following management possibilities: (l) Information is provided by both farmers and agricultural organizations through a bookkeeping system that uses the internet; (2) Existing software and data resources within the region can be shared; (3) Human resources such as vicarious bookkeepers and bookkeeping instructors can be shared; and (4) Centralization of these data resources will allow all farmers within a region to use the same system in their management operations.

　Moreover, this system gives an interactive ability that allows software to be provided, rather than the conventional method in which users simply receive information that is supplied. This demonstrates the feasibility of creating advanced information services in rural areas through data integration and resource sharing.



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