EXPERT SYSTEM FOR PADDY PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT

This paper presents an expert system for Paddy production management. This expert system gives advice to Paddy growers in Egypt to improve Paddy productivity. The system contains two main parts namely: strategic part and tactic part. The strategic part gives a strategic advice (i.e. list of agricultural operations) before cultivating Paddy crop. The strategic part contains four sub-systems namely: variety selection, land preparation & planting, irrigation, and, fertilization. The tactic part diagnoses the problems that occurrs during Paddy growing season and gives advice about how to control these problems. The tactic part contains two sub-systems namely: disorders diagnosis and treatment