Precision Agriculture: An Opportunity for EU-Farmers – Potential Support with the CAP 2014-2020
Precision Agriculture (PA) is a whole-farm management approach using information technology, satellite positioning (GNSS) data, remote sensing and proximal data gathering. These technologies have the goal of optimising returns on inputs whilst potentially reducing environmental impacts. The state-of-the-art of PA on arable land, permanent crops and within dairy farming are reviewed, mainly in the European context, together with some economic aspects of the adoption of PA. Options to address PA adoption are discussed, including measures within the CAP 2014-2020 legislation and the important contribution of advisory services across Europe.
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Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission , Pablo J. Zarco-Tejada, Neil Hubbard and Philippe Loudjani (Monitoring Agriculture ResourceS (MARS) Unit H04)
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Policy area
Keyword
- agricultural activity
- agricultural advisory services
- agricultural policy
- agricultural productivity
- agricultural structures and production
- AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHERIES
- aid to agriculture
- common agricultural policy
- crop production
- cultivation of agricultural land
- cultivation techniques
- EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
- EU finance
- EU financing
- EUROPEAN UNION
- farm modernisation
- farming systems
- information technology and data processing
- information technology applications
- livestock farming
- remote sensing
- sustainable agriculture