Financial and environmental performance of integrated precision farming systems

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Smart farming technologies have a wide potential to improve agricultural performance, ranging from improved use of crop nutrients and plant protection products, increased crop quality and reduced overlaps to better production economy. In order to reduce the use of inputs and to diminish the adverse effects on the environment, more and more focus is put on site-specific application of fertilizers, pesticides and irrigation water. However, the costs of implementing these technologies are often quite high, compared to the benefits. Therefore, a comprehensive methodology approach that facilitates the understanding of investments, costs and benefits can provide an overview of the most feasible pathways for farmers to implement precision agriculture (PA) and may offer the chance to significantly enhance the level of adoption of the most suitable technologies. The objective of this study is to describe an overall integrated methodology approach to support cost-benefit analysis related to PA. A number of scenarios and their financial and environmental performance are presented either as single technologies or as a combination of different technologies. Key outputs of the analysis are net present value with selected environmental indicators such as change in fuel, pesticides and water use compared with conventional practices from other similar technologies. Findings from this study indicate that PA is mainly beneficial to large scale farms.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationPrecision agriculture ’19 : Papers presented at the 12th European Conference on Precision Agriculture Montpellier, France 8-11 July 2019
EditorsJohn V. Stafford
Number of pages7
PublisherWageningen Academic Publishers
Publication date2019
Pages833-839
ISBN (Print)978-90-8686-337-2
ISBN (Electronic)978-90-8686-888-9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2019
EventEuropean Conference on Precision Agriculture 2019: Precision Agriculture '19 - Montpellier, France
Duration: 8 Jul 201911 Jul 2019
Conference number: 12

Conference

ConferenceEuropean Conference on Precision Agriculture 2019
Nummer12
LandFrance
ByMontpellier
Periode08/07/201911/07/2019

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