Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Maria Nygård Thomsen
Author-Name-First: Maria Nygård
Author-Name-Last: Thomsen
Author-Email: mnt@ifro.ku.dk
Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen
Author-Name: Tseganesh Wubale Tamirat
Author-Name-First: Tseganesh Wubale
Author-Name-Last: Tamirat
Author-Email: twt@ifro.ku.dk
Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen
Author-Name: Søren Marcus Pedersen
Author-Name-First: Søren Marcus
Author-Name-Last: Pedersen
Author-Email: marcus@ifro.ku.dk
Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen
Author-Name: Kim Martin Lind
Author-Name-First: Kim Martin
Author-Name-Last: Lind
Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen
Author-Name: Hans Henrik Pedersen
Author-Name-First: Hans Henrik
Author-Name-Last: Pedersen
Author-Email: hansh.pedersen@eng.au.dk
Author-Workplace-Name: Aarhus University
Author-Name: Sytze de Bruin
Author-Name-First: Sytze
Author-Name-Last: de Bruin
Author-Email: sytze.debruin@wur.nl
Author-Workplace-Name: Wageningen University
Author-Name: David Nuyttens
Author-Name-First: David
Author-Name-Last: Nuyttens
Author-Email: david.nuyttens@ilvo.vlaanderen.be
Author-Workplace-Name: Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, ILVO, Belgium
Author-Name: Jurgen Vangeyte
Author-Name-First: Jurgen
Author-Name-Last: Vangeyte
Author-Email: jurgen.vangeyte@ilvo.vlaanderen.be
Author-Workplace-Name: Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, ILVO, Belgium
Author-Name: Patrick Dermot Forristal
Author-Name-First: Patrick Dermot
Author-Name-Last: Forristal
Author-Email: Dermot.Forristal@teagasc.ie
Author-Workplace-Name: Teagasc, Crop Science, Ireland
Author-Name: Claus Grøn Sørensen
Author-Name-First: Claus Grøn
Author-Name-Last: Sørensen
Author-Email: claus.soerensen@eng.au.dk
Author-Workplace-Name: Aarhus University
Title: Farmers’ perception of Controlled Traffic Farming (CTF) and associated technologies
Abstract: This report presents descriptive results from a recent survey conducted with the objective of assessing the use of Controlled Traffic Farming (CTF) practices and associated precision farming technologies among farmers in eight European countries. About 26 % of the surveyed farmers use some CTF systems of which 45 % apply CTF on their entire farm. For the CTF users, the major motives to use CTF are to reduce soil structure damage and to improve efficiency (reduce cost) followed by a desire to make more profit. Concern about heavy machinery – induced soil compaction and perceptions about the potentials of CTF are considerably high. However, adoption appears to be constrained mainly by: high cost of machinery modification and RTK purchase, lack of compatibility of equipment and also GPS systems from different manufacturers, and lack of decision support systems. Issues about evidence on demonstrated benefits under local conditions and availability of contractors are also mentioned as limiting factors.
Length: 40 pages
Creation-Date: 2018-11
File-URL: http://okonomi.foi.dk/workingpapers/WPpdf/WP2018/IFRO_WP_2018_12.pdf
File-Format: Application/pdf
Number: 2018/12
Classification-JEL: O31, O33, Q10, Q16, Q30
Keywords: Controlled Traffic Farming, adoption, survey, precision agriculture
Handle: RePEc:foi:wpaper:2018_12