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

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 7-20

  Lawson, Lartey G ^a   Pedersen, Søren Marcus ^a   Sørensen, Claus Grøn ^b   Pesonen, Liisa ^c   Fountas, Spyros ^d   Werner, Armin ^e   Oudshoorn, Frank W ^b   Herold, Luzia ^e   Chatzinikos, Thanos ^d   Kirketerp, Inger Marie ^a   Blackmore, Simon ^f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^e LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE RESEARCH ZALF   (Germany)

^f Center for Research and Technology   (Greece)

^g KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Farm survey; Information management; Office time budgets; Precision farming

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED INFORMATION SYSTEMS; DENMARK; DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS; EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; FARMING SYSTEM; FINLAND; GERMANY; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; OFFICE TIME BUDGETS; OFFICIAL INSTITUTIONS; POTENTIAL BENEFITS; POTENTIAL-TIME; PRECISION FARMING; PUBLIC AUTHORITIES;

BUDGET CONTROL; FARMS; PLANNING; SURVEYS;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

FARM; FARMING SYSTEM; FIELD SURVEY; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; TIME ALLOCATION;

DENMARK; FINLAND; GERMANY; GREECE;

EID: 79957668921     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2011.03.002     Document Type: Article

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