Bio@gro - An online multilingual organic agriculture e-services platform

dc.contributor.author	Karetsos, S	en
dc.contributor.author	Costopoulou, C	en
dc.contributor.author	Sideridis, A	en
dc.contributor.author	Patrikakis, C	en
dc.contributor.author	Koukouli, M	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-06-06T06:47:20Z
dc.date.available	2014-06-06T06:47:20Z
dc.date.issued	2007	en
dc.identifier.issn	01675265	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://62.217.125.90/xmlui/handle/123456789/3534
dc.relation.uri	http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-35348909669&partnerID=40&md5=1e41d1c71c8f0f66f01bdd104b8e3108	en
dc.subject	Electronic services	en
dc.subject	Mobile services	en
dc.subject	Multilingual content	en
dc.subject	Organic agriculture	en
dc.subject.other	Information retrieval	en
dc.subject.other	Information technology	en
dc.subject.other	Message passing	en
dc.subject.other	Mobile computing	en
dc.subject.other	Mobile phones	en
dc.subject.other	Electronic services	en
dc.subject.other	Mobile services	en
dc.subject.other	Multilingual content	en
dc.subject.other	Organic agriculture	en
dc.subject.other	Web services	en
dc.title	Bio@gro - An online multilingual organic agriculture e-services platform	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.publicationDate	2007	en
heal.abstract	Although worldwide organic agriculture is constantly gaining ground compared to traditional agriculture, still a number of countries encounter problems mostly related to lack of validated information and knowledge, technical support by specialized agronomists, coordination and organization of the trading network and promoting mechanisms. The appropriate use of Web technologies and mobile computing and communications can help to the solution of the aforementioned problems. In this context, this paper presents the bio±gro e-services platform, which provides accurate, certified and multilingual content (i.e. information and services) related to organic agriculture through Internet connected devices or mobile phones using the short message service. The proposed platform takes into consideration the organic agriculture stakeholders' needs from Greece, Germany, Romania and Cyprus. More specifically, it aims at providing to organic agriculture stakeholders electronic business, electronic learning and electronic government content in four languages, namely in Greek, German, Romanian and English in order to offer information on several aspects of the organic agriculture domain, to provide the ability to exchange views and experiences as well as to compare the means, methods, practices and cultivation techniques used in each country.	en
heal.journalName	Information Services and Use	en
dc.identifier.issue	3	en
dc.identifier.volume	27	en
dc.identifier.spage	123	en
dc.identifier.epage	132	en