Title :
iFarm — Business model for online tracking of farms
Author :
Donário, João ; Furtado, Osvaldo ; Ruela, André ; Guerra, Hélia ; Gomes, Luís Mendes ; Mendes, Armando
Author_Institution :
Dept. de Mat., Univ. dos Acores, Ponta Delgada, Portugal
Abstract :
This paper presents the iFarm project, which seeks to provide an interactive experience of support and monitoring small and medium-sized farms, including small animals growth. In this sense, it is presented and discussed a business model suitable to the iFarm concept, based in the models of e-commerce B2B and B2C. We also describe the information system to support this business model, as well as the planning for its construction and development. Finally, some directions for further developments of the iFarm concept are introduced.
Keywords :
electronic commerce; farming; interactive systems; small-to-medium enterprises; B2B e-commerce; B2C e-commerce; business model; farm online tracking; iFarm project; information system; interactive experience; small animal growth; small-and-medium sized farms; Europe; Hardware; Internet; Monitoring; Risk management; Software; Rastreabilidade; comércio eletrónico; empreendedorismo;
Conference_Titel :
Information Systems and Technologies (CISTI), 2012 7th Iberian Conference on
Conference_Location :
Madrid
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2843-2