Implementation of a Web Application to Improve Tuber Farming Project Management in Family Agriculture

Abstract

According to the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations), family farming units occupy about 80% of the global agricultural area and contribute more than 80% of the total value of food production worldwide. According to INEI (National Institute of Statistics and Informatics), in Peru there are 2.2 million people engaged in agriculture, 95% of whom are family farmers and cover almost 80% of the national food demand. However, they lack access to technological tools that facilitate the management of their crops and make it possible to evaluate profitability and make informed decisions. This lack of technological resources leads to frequent losses, and the farmer, lacking key information, is limited in improving his quality of life. The objective of this research is to implement a web application to improve tuber crop project management in family farming. For the development, the scrum development framework has been taken following the following phases: initiation phase; planning and estimation; implementation; review and retrospective; and launch. After implementation, a satisfaction survey was conducted with 50 farmers in the Huancavelica region, where a high score was obtained, ranging between 4 and 5 on the Likert scale for the 15 satisfaction questions. In addition, the reliability of the survey was verified by applying Cronbach’s alpha coefficient, obtaining a result of 0.76, which is within the range of excellent reliability. © The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024.