Adoption and future perspective of precision farming in Germany: Results of several surveys among different agricultural target groups

Precision Agriculture

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 73-94

  Reichardt, M ^a   Jurgens C ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adoption; Mail surveys; Personal interviews; Telephone interviews

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SURVEY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 58349092555     PISSN: 13852256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11119-008-9101-1     Document Type: Article

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