Socioeconomic impact of widespread adoption of precision farming and controlled traffic systems in Denmark

Precision Agriculture

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 661-677

  Jensen, Hans Grinsted ^a   Jacobsen, Lars Bo ^a   Pedersen, Søren Marcus ^a   Tavella, Elena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Economy wide general equilibrium analyse; Environmental impact; Farm profit; Field surveys; Land rents

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FIELD SURVEY; FUEL CONSUMPTION; PESTICIDE; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; PROFITABILITY; RENTAL SECTOR; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SOIL FERTILITY; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; WEED CONTROL;

DENMARK;

EID: 84868616377     PISSN: 13852256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11119-012-9276-3     Document Type: Article

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