A four nation survey of farm information management and advanced farming systems: a descriptive analysis of survey responses

Godwin Lartey Lawson; Søren Marcus Pedersen; Claus Aage Grøn Sørensen; Liisa Pesonen; Spyros Fountas; Armin Werner; Frank Willem Oudshoorn; Luzia Herold; Thanos Chatzinikos; Inger Marie Kirketerp Scavenius; Simon Blackmore

doi:10.1016/j.compag.2011.03.002

A four nation survey of farm information management and advanced farming systems: a descriptive analysis of survey responses

Godwin Lartey Lawson, Søren Marcus Pedersen, Claus Aage Grøn Sørensen, Liisa Pesonen, Spyros Fountas, Armin Werner, Frank Willem Oudshoorn, Luzia Herold, Thanos Chatzinikos, Inger Marie Kirketerp Scavenius, Simon Blackmore

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The aim of this paper is to present the descriptive results of the survey responses that explore the perception of advanced information systems among four European countries: i.e. Denmark, Finland, Germany and Greece. The study evaluates the potential time savings associated with office tasks for information management and the likely adoption of advanced farming systems and precision farming practices. The survey results suggest that there are differences in weekly hours allocated to office tasks and its distribution across countries. However, there seems to be a potential benefit for introducing labour saving farm information management systems in relation to budgeting procedures, field planning and paperwork to deal with subsidy applications and public authorities. More than 40% of the respondent farms from Germany, Denmark and Finland seem to be unsure about usefulness of computers in dealing with official institutions and consumers. The extent to which the finding is linked to the budgeted time allocated to office tasks is worth pursuing.

Original language	English
Journal	Computers and Electronics in Agriculture
Volume	77
Issue number	1
Pages (from-to)	7-20
Number of pages	14
ISSN	0168-1699
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compag.2011.03.002
Publication status	Published - Jun 2011

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Lawson, G. L., Pedersen, S. M., Sørensen, C. A. G., Pesonen, L., Fountas, S., Werner, A., Oudshoorn, F. W., Herold, L., Chatzinikos, T., Scavenius, I. M. K., & Blackmore, S. (2011). A four nation survey of farm information management and advanced farming systems: a descriptive analysis of survey responses. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 77(1), 7-20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compag.2011.03.002

A four nation survey of farm information management and advanced farming systems: a descriptive analysis of survey responses. / Lawson, Godwin Lartey; Pedersen, Søren Marcus; Sørensen, Claus Aage Grøn et al.
In: Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, Vol. 77, No. 1, 06.2011, p. 7-20.

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Lawson, GL, Pedersen, SM, Sørensen, CAG, Pesonen, L, Fountas, S, Werner, A, Oudshoorn, FW, Herold, L, Chatzinikos, T, Scavenius, IMK & Blackmore, S 2011, 'A four nation survey of farm information management and advanced farming systems: a descriptive analysis of survey responses', Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, vol. 77, no. 1, pp. 7-20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compag.2011.03.002

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