BOVGEN: Cattle Management

The small cattle farmers face major difficulties in getting profit due to the use of inefficient methods and sometimes even precarious. The BovGen prototype comes with the goal of providing an improvement of cattle breeding method.  This method already has numerous adepts who achieved great results,...

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Main Authors: Felipe Bueno de Camargo, Marlon Paulo da SIlva, Felipe Caetano
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Published: Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho 2016-03-01
Series:Revista Eletrônica Competências Digitais para Agricultura Familiar
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Online Access:http://codaf.tupa.unesp.br:8082/index.php/recodaf/article/view/10
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Summary:The small cattle farmers face major difficulties in getting profit due to the use of inefficient methods and sometimes even precarious. The BovGen prototype comes with the goal of providing an improvement of cattle breeding method.  This method already has numerous adepts who achieved great results, so small farmers will enjoy an efficient and profitable cattle management system. Articles and books specialized on nutrition and breeding of beef cattle in pickets were used to elaborate the app and its calculations: by searching external bases, it obtains useful sales data for the small producer. The application provides control, cattle overview, arroba data, picket exchange and better graphic-based pricing, increasing the farmer's efficiency. The implementing of this solution will raise the efficiency and income of small cattle breeders by enhancing their competitiveness with major producers and raising their current living conditions.
ISSN:2448-0452