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Center for Natural Resource Information and Technology

Center for Natural Resource Information and Technology

Decision support through data and computer modeling

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  • GAN Lab: Grazingland Animal Nutrition Lab
    • GANLAB services
  • Decision Support Systems
    • NIRS: Near infrared reflectance spectroscopy
    • NUTBAL: Livestock nutrition balance decision support system
    • FRAMS: Forage risk assessment management system
    • BRASS: Burning risk assessment support system
    • LMIS: Livestock marketing information system
    • PestMan: Brush and weed management decisions for Texas and New Mexico
    • PHYGROW: Phyto mass growth model
  • Projects
    • USDA Forest Service BRASS: Burning Risk Advisory Support System
    • Mali Livestock and Pastoralist Initiative
    • Mongolia LEWS: Livestock Early Warning System
    • East Africa LEWS: Livestock Early Warning System
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The Center for Natural Resources Information Technology (CNRIT)

Big data and computational technology for the well-being of Texas land and natural resources

What we do

Established in 1991, The Texas A&M AgriLife Center for Natural Resource Information Technology, CNRIT, is a research and development institution that brings together big data and computational technology to develop decision support systems that bolster the well-being of landowners, Texans, and the natural resources that must support future generations. These digital decision support systems form a holistic, interdisciplinary approach to planning, monitoring and assessing emerging land management paradigms, new technologies and policy.

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Decision Support systems

GAN Lab: Grazingland Animal Nutrition Laboratory

An important part of CNRIT is our service laboratory, the Grazingland Animal Nutrition Lab. The GAN Lab offers recommendations to producers and land managers on livestock nutrition and land stewardship based on fecal sample analysis, environmental data and computer modeling.

GAN Lab services

Decision support at home and across the globe

CNRIT deploys its decision support systems to assist with the challenges of land and environmental stewardship across the U.S. and around the world. From assessing vegetation fire risk in lands managed by the USDA Forest Service to supporting livestock management decision-making among smallholder farmers in East Africa, CNRIT projects bring advanced computer modeling and big data to bear on many of the grand challenges facing people and our planet.

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Texas A&M AgriLife

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