Geographic information systems - a tool for small cane growers of Mauritius
| MSI99P2711 | |
| Chung, M. Pillay, G. Domaingue, R. Jhoty, I. | |
| Geographic information systems - a tool for small cane growers of Mauritius | |
| Lalouette, J. A., Bachraz, D. Y., Sukurdeep, N., Seebaluck, B. D.(eds), Proceedings of the Second Annual Meeting of Agricultural Scientists, Reduit,Mauritius, 12-13 August 1997 | |
| Book chapter | |
| 1998 | |
| bp.27-34 | |
| 99903-25-09-X | |
| Reduit, Food and Agricultural Research Council | |
| En | |
| The heterogeneity of the group of small cane growers in terms of cultivated cane area, their geographical distribution and the cane production is a complex subject. To satisfy the additional quota of production, this group of planters is called upon to improve their production despite their socio-economic constraints. Ways and means to simplify complex technical information for cane production into 'digestible' visual aids to help them are explored. The use of new technologies like GIS to breakthrough the geographical limits and reach planters at field level and to accelerate the dissemination of recent research results among them is a must for research workers at the Institute. Different base maps like soil, factory area, villages and the conventional recommendation sheets of cane varieties were used to generate maps showing the recommended cane varieties across the island at village level. The paper gives the broadlines of the methodology used and discusses on the benefits and other potentials of such derived GIS products. | |
| INFORMATION SYSTEMS GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS | |
| MAURITIUS | |
| Land use and management | |
| 1997-09-26 | |
| En | |
| LIB | |
| CAT | |
| LRD EXTN PB |