Development of an Expert System for Agricultural Commodities

Abstract

An Expert System is a system that employs human knowledge captured in a computer to solve problems that ordinarily require human expertise. In agriculture, expert systems unite the accumulated expertise of individual disciplines, such as plant pathology, entomology, horticulture and agricultural meteorology and Animal Sciences; into a framework that best addresses the specific, on-site needs of farmers. Expert systems can facilitate knowledge transfer and can guide growers to take decision into different aspects of crop management for increasing the productivity and the profit margin and also combines the experimental and experiential knowledge with the intuitive reasoning skills of a multitude of specialists to aid farmers in making the best decisions for their crops. Development of an expert system on agricultural crops will help growers in faster dissemination of expert advice for different locations at the same time and will guide them to take decision into different aspects of crop management.