As an on-ramp to databases, we offer several well-structured private database templates as open source resources for agriculturalists, particularly those with modest spreadsheet skills. These farmer-oriented Air table databases use simple data-validated forms, with the look and feel of a customized app, to yield operational data that is tidy, machine- and human-readable, editable, and exportable for analysis in other software. Such data can facilitate logistics, provide contextual metadata, and improve enterprise analysis. A recorded workshop explaining how to build a database for activity records is presented. These resources may facilitate infusion of digital agriculture principles through Extension and structured educational programming.
@article{arxiv.2312.06517,
title = {Facilitating Digital Agriculture with Simple Databases},
author = {Dennis Buckmaster and Sami Basir and Hanae Sakata},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2312.06517},
year = {2023}
}
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6 pages, 1 table, 1 figure. Journal of Extension Tools of the Trade, in press