ABSTRACT
This chapter presents as a guide to intelligent decision making in the utilization of air, water, and land resources for practical farming, in terms of both their effectiveness and economic considerations. In fact, humankind has continuously migrated crops from place to place to find a climate favorable to their growth, instead of measuring the climate first. Farmers and growers each have their own anticipated and unanticipated environmental problems, ranging from pestilence to severe drought. Experienced farmers can partially solve the anticipated problems through cultural practices, although these can be improved. The MIS/COMSIS agroclimatic modeling unit can help farmers make decisions concerning the best use of their land, water, and air resources without need for skilled operating technicians. Since the mobile unit will be an automatic push button electronic system, it can be operated by an unskilled farmer. Also, farmers have any technical knowledge in the physics of the atmosphere or the physiology of crops and livestock.
