Producers' perceptions and attitudes toward precision agriculture technologies

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 256-271

  Adrian, Anne Mims ^a   Norwood, Shannon H ^b   Mask, Paul L ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Tennessee Valley Research and Extension Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Farmers' attitudes; Geographic information systems; Information technology; Innovation adoption; Precision agriculture; Technology transfer

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TECHNOLOGY;

DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC RESEARCH; FARMERS; PRECISION AGRICULTURE;

AGRICULTURE;

FARMERS ATTITUDE; GIS; PERCEPTION; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

AGRICULTURE; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 22544478477     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2005.04.004     Document Type: Article

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