Lessons to be learned in adoption of autonomous equipment for field crops

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Lessons to be learned in adoption of autonomous equipment for field crops. / Lowenberg-DeBoer, James; Behrendt, Karl; Ehlers, Melf-Hinrich; Dillon, Carl; Gabriel, Andreas; Huang, Iona Yuelu; Kumwenda, Ian; Mark, Tyler; Meyer-Aurich, Andreas; Milics, Gabor; Olagunju, Kehinde Oluseyi; Pedersen, Søren Marcus; Shockley, Jordan; Rose, David.

In: Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, Vol. 44, No. 2, 2022, p. 848-864.

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Harvard

Lowenberg-DeBoer, J, Behrendt, K, Ehlers, M-H, Dillon, C, Gabriel, A, Huang, IY, Kumwenda, I, Mark, T, Meyer-Aurich, A, Milics, G, Olagunju, KO, Pedersen, SM, Shockley, J & Rose, D 2022, 'Lessons to be learned in adoption of autonomous equipment for field crops', Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, vol. 44, no. 2, pp. 848-864. https://doi.org/10.1002/aepp.13177

APA

Lowenberg-DeBoer, J., Behrendt, K., Ehlers, M-H., Dillon, C., Gabriel, A., Huang, I. Y., Kumwenda, I., Mark, T., Meyer-Aurich, A., Milics, G., Olagunju, K. O., Pedersen, S. M., Shockley, J., & Rose, D. (2022). Lessons to be learned in adoption of autonomous equipment for field crops. Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 44(2), 848-864. https://doi.org/10.1002/aepp.13177

Vancouver

Lowenberg-DeBoer J, Behrendt K, Ehlers M-H, Dillon C, Gabriel A, Huang IY et al. Lessons to be learned in adoption of autonomous equipment for field crops. Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy. 2022;44(2):848-864. https://doi.org/10.1002/aepp.13177

Author

Lowenberg-DeBoer, James ; Behrendt, Karl ; Ehlers, Melf-Hinrich ; Dillon, Carl ; Gabriel, Andreas ; Huang, Iona Yuelu ; Kumwenda, Ian ; Mark, Tyler ; Meyer-Aurich, Andreas ; Milics, Gabor ; Olagunju, Kehinde Oluseyi ; Pedersen, Søren Marcus ; Shockley, Jordan ; Rose, David. / Lessons to be learned in adoption of autonomous equipment for field crops. In: Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy. 2022 ; Vol. 44, No. 2. pp. 848-864.

Bibtex

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