Economic benefits of precision weed control and why its uptake is so slow

György, Katalin Takácsné; Lencsés, Enikő; Takács, István

doi:10.7896/j.1222

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“…According to Udovecz et al (2012) [55], successful enterprises in Hungary have a larger land area than unsuccessful ones and specialize in producing the four most important arable crops (wheat, maize, sunflower, rapeseed). From a survey of 72 Hungarian farmers, Takácsné György et al (2013) [56] found a positive correlation between a farm's size and the adoption of precision farming technology. Based on Balogh et al (2020) [57] research findings, Hungary's potential human resources can be considered undereducated.…”

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Economic and Social Barriers of Precision Farming in Hungary

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Precision farming may play an important role in agricultural innovation. The study focuses on the attitude of Hungarian farmers toward precision farming. Based on the relevant technical literature, we performed a nationally representative questionnaire survey of 594 farmers and deep interviews with experts and farmers (30 persons). As regards the questionnaire, the authors found that the management of the average farm size in Hungary has the highest willingness to innovate and the second highest level of education among the developed clusters. The survey shows undertrained farmers with large farms to be the second most open group, which may result in the partial application of precision farming techniques. One of the most unexpected results of the Precision Farmers’ cluster is that the positive socio-economic utility of precision farming is rated as extremely low. In-depth interviews prove that the use of precision technologies does not increase local social cohesion. Strong organisational isolation of precision farmers prevents the spread of innovation knowledge and precision farming amongst the farming community, and the challenges of competitiveness alone do not force farmers to apply precision farming. Our results may be useful for the establishment of agricultural strategy.

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Economic and Social Barriers of Precision Farming in Hungary

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“…Based on Rogers' typology of the diffusion of innovation [35], precision crop production as an agricultural innovation can be described as follows, including some of the reasons for its slow diffusion in practice [36,37]:…”

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Farmers’ Perception of Precision Farming Technology among Hungarian Farmers

Lencsés

Takács²,

György³

2014

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Abstract:Many technologies have appeared in agriculture to reduce the harmful effects of chemical use. One of these technologies is precision farming technology. Precision farming technology should not be considered as only the latest plant production technology or only a new agro-management tool. It is achieved only when the results of electronics and IT equipment are realized in the variable rate treatments zone-by-zone. The advantages and disadvantages of this technology highly depend on the heterogeneity of soil, the knowledge and attitude of the manager and the staff. This is the reason why opinions about the technology effects are so wide. This paper shows the results of the investigation based on interviews about the adoption and knowledge of precision farming technology among Hungarian crop producers. This technology is mostly used by farms over 300 hectares with young farmers. The most characteristic elements were precision fertilization and tractor guidance. The survey examined three groups of farmers with respect to whether they apply precision farming elements or not. We refer to them as "users", "planners" and "non-users". According to the survey, the opinions of the "user" and the "non-user" groups of farmers are not significantly different regarding the impacts of precision farming technology (the main advantages were the change in yield quantity, chemical usage and income). Furthermore, the opinions of the farmers regarding the changes in variable costs resulting from the adoption of precision farming technology were also examined (measured in percent). Box-plot OPEN ACCESSSustainability 2014, 6 8453 analysis was used for this examination. According to the opinion of the "user" group of farmers, the highest cost savings occurred in fertilizer and herbicide costs.

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“…Therefore, a circular and sustainable community livelihood and income recovery design are needed, integrating strategies designed from the outside (explicit strategy) with PAC adaptation strategies (tacit strategy). Through this strategy, PAC livelihoods can recover through this strategy, and negative social, economic, and environmental externalities from UCPS can be reduced or even eliminated [14][15][16][17][18]. An integrative PAC livelihood recovery solution pays attention to sustainability and diversity and anticipates the impacts of climate change and other risks [19,20].…”

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“…This method has been successfully applied in creative communities in China, Taiwan, India, Great Britain, Scotland, and Korea [22]. Integrated strategies have been proven to recover and grow PAC livelihoods, strengthen access to resources, and reduce negative social, economic, and environmental externalities [8,14,16,17,22,23].…”

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Integration of Tacit and Explicit Strategies in Sustainable Livelihood Recovery: A Case Study on Project-Affected Communities of a Hydropower Plant in West Java, Indonesia

Setiawan,

Sundari,

Asdak

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Since the 1970s, large-scale dam construction has become a trend in developing countries. During the 1960–2020 period, 235 large-scale dams were built in Indonesia. However, all of them left a negative socio-economic impact. Explicit strategies to recover project-affected communities’ (PAC’) livelihoods have been implemented but need to be sustained. In 2011, the pumped storage innovation was adopted, and Upper Cisokan, West Java, became the pilot. The recovery of PAC livelihoods is also designed to be sustainable by integrating a “tacit and explicit strategy”. This paper aimed to determine the implementation and impact of this strategic innovation. The research was designed through a survey of 325 PAC families (975 persons) and in-depth interviews with 32 informants. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and dialectics. The result revealed that strategy integration could speed up the post-resettlement livelihood recovery time and collaborate with various local institutions in the academics, businessmen, community, government, media (ABCGM) scheme. In addition, increasing the number of PAC livelihoods by 155 percent and expanding the diversity of livelihoods from agricultural domination to MSMEs and the non-agricultural sector. The involvement of women and youth in livelihood recovery has also increased by 85 percent, especially in micro-, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and the non-agricultural sector.

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Economic benefits of precision weed control and why its uptake is so slow

Cited by 12 publications

References 19 publications

Economic and Social Barriers of Precision Farming in Hungary

Economic and Social Barriers of Precision Farming in Hungary

Farmers’ Perception of Precision Farming Technology among Hungarian Farmers

Integration of Tacit and Explicit Strategies in Sustainable Livelihood Recovery: A Case Study on Project-Affected Communities of a Hydropower Plant in West Java, Indonesia

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