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decision support. Decision Technology <strong>System</strong> (DTS), built upon<br />

the <strong>Agricultural</strong> <strong>Resources</strong> <strong>Information</strong> <strong>System</strong>, is what<br />

required for undertaking:<br />

• Crop Suitability based on factor endowment<br />

• Land Suitability Assessment;<br />

• Land Productivity Assessment;<br />

• Population Supporting Capacity;<br />

• Land Evaluation and Land Use Planning;<br />

• Land Degradation Risk Assessment;<br />

• Quantification of Land <strong>Resources</strong> Constraints;<br />

• Land Management;<br />

• Agro-ecological Characterization for Research and Planning;<br />

• <strong>Agricultural</strong> Technology Transfer;<br />

• <strong>Agricultural</strong> Inputs Recommendations;<br />

• Farming <strong>System</strong>s <strong>An</strong>alysis and Development;<br />

• Environmental Impact Assessment;<br />

• Monitoring of Land <strong>Resources</strong> Development.<br />

• Livestock (cattle, buffalo, goat, & sheep) Farming <strong>System</strong>s<br />

• Water allocation in an irrigation system<br />

• Fodder <strong>Resources</strong> Development<br />

• Water Bodies (Basin) Planning <strong>System</strong>s using Watershed and Agro-Eco<br />

Region Planning Concepts<br />

12.4 Mollet (1984) 46 provides details on the contents of <strong>Agricultural</strong><br />

<strong>Resources</strong> <strong>Information</strong> <strong>System</strong> and recommends data and information on<br />

basic resources such as (i) soil resources, (ii) water resources, (iii) climate<br />

resources, and other data sets (collated from Remote Sensing as well as<br />

conventional means) such as (iv) basic data on crops, (v) animal husbandry<br />

and fisheries, (vi) genetic (plant, animal & fisheries) materials, (vii) land<br />

ownership, (viii) Socio-economic data, (viii) infrastructure for agricultural<br />

46 Mollet, J.A : "Planning for <strong>Agricultural</strong> Development", Croom Helm (London & Canberra), St.Martin's Press, New<br />

York, 1984<br />

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