Development of a mobile app for recording and management alert on-farm to supporting beef cattle smallholder farmers
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The results showed that the farmers were male (78%), and almost half (48%) of the respondents were over 51 years of age, with their highest education level of primary school (40%). Most of the farmers raised cattle in semi-intensive systems (76%) and 52% had small sized farms. 58% of the farmers had kept farm data records, and 100% of the farmers had not recorded to keep the system. In terms of mobile phone usage, 100% of the farmers had internet access, 58% had used their phones to update to new farming technologies. The main features of the app included an animal’s individual information, breeding history, complete vaccination and treatment history, sale records, vaccination and deworming program. The users’ completed satisfaction surveys, from a total of 50 respondents demonstrated that the overall satisfaction score was 4.13, which they satisfied with the beef cattle farm management recording system (BCFM) mobile app. Our findings suggested that farmers should be motivated to realize the advantages of farm record keeping and moblie app usage for the adoption of new technologies such as the use of sensors or Internet of Things (IoT) to start projects involving “Smart Cattle Farming” for smallholder farmers
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