INFORMATION SYSTEMS SUPPORTING INVESTMENT DECISIONS IN DAIRY FARMS - EVALUATION IN POLAND AND GERMANY

Abstract

The aim of the article was to present sources of information used by dairy farms in Mazowieckie Voivodeship to make investment decisions. In addition, the article was evaluated by a system made by one of the German institutions - Das Kuratorium für Technik und Bauwesen in der Landwirtschaft (KTBL), which supports decision-making in agricultural farms. According to surveys conducted, farms that implemented investment activities used information provided by manufacturers of agricultural machinery and equipment to evaluate their effectiveness. The weakness of this type of information was their reliability. An analysis of the information system proposed by KTBL indicates that it is useful for farmers making investment decisions as well as for decision makers defining directions of financial support for agricultural farms.