Farm and operator characteristics affecting adoption of precision agriculture in Denmark and Germany

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Farm and operator characteristics affecting adoption of precision agriculture in Denmark and Germany. / Tamirat, Tseganesh Wubale; Pedersen, Søren Marcus; Lind, Kim Martin Hjorth.

In: Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica. Section B. Soil and Plant Science, Vol. 68, No. 4, 2018, p. 349-357.

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Tamirat, TW, Pedersen, SM & Lind, KMH 2018, 'Farm and operator characteristics affecting adoption of precision agriculture in Denmark and Germany', Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica. Section B. Soil and Plant Science, vol. 68, no. 4, pp. 349-357. https://doi.org/10.1080/09064710.2017.1402949

APA

Tamirat, T. W., Pedersen, S. M., & Lind, K. M. H. (2018). Farm and operator characteristics affecting adoption of precision agriculture in Denmark and Germany. Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica. Section B. Soil and Plant Science, 68(4), 349-357. https://doi.org/10.1080/09064710.2017.1402949

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Tamirat TW, Pedersen SM, Lind KMH. Farm and operator characteristics affecting adoption of precision agriculture in Denmark and Germany. Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica. Section B. Soil and Plant Science. 2018;68(4):349-357. https://doi.org/10.1080/09064710.2017.1402949

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Tamirat, Tseganesh Wubale ; Pedersen, Søren Marcus ; Lind, Kim Martin Hjorth. / Farm and operator characteristics affecting adoption of precision agriculture in Denmark and Germany. In: Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica. Section B. Soil and Plant Science. 2018 ; Vol. 68, No. 4. pp. 349-357.

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