A review of the application of data mining techniques for decision making in agriculture

This paper provides a review of research on the application of data mining techniques for decision making in agriculture. The paper reports the application of a number of data mining techniques including artificial neural networks, Bayesian networks and support vector machines. The review has outlined a number of promising techniques that have been used to understand the relationships of various climate and other factors on crop production. This review proposes that further investigations are needed to understand how these techniques can be used with complex agricultural datasets for crop yield prediction integrating seasonal and spatial factors by using GIS technologies.