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2. Educational Resources for Precision Agriculture
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Ferguson, Richard B. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- unknown
- Published:
- USA: Kluwer Publishing
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 162 Document Number: C26679
- Journal Title:
- Precision Agriculture
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol. 3, Issue 4, pgs 359-371
3. Promoting precision agricultural innovation in a risk averse marketplace
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Jefferies, Danny (author)
- Format:
- Commentary
- Publication Date:
- 2017-04-24
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 168 Document Number: D08648
- Journal Title:
- Precision Agriculture
- Notes:
- 2 pages.
4. Educational needs and perceptions of the sustainability of precision agriculture: survey evidence from Greece
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Kountio, Georgios (author), Ragkos, Athanasios (author), Bournaris, Thomas (author), Papadavid, Georgios (author), and Michailidis, Anastasios (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2018-06
- Published:
- Springer Science & Business Media
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 93 Document Number: D10860
- Journal Title:
- Precision Agriculture
- Journal Title Details:
- 19(3) : 537-554
- Notes:
- 28 pages., Via Science Direct., Precision agriculture (PA) constitutes a dynamic production method which is gaining attention in several parts of the world. Its environmental and economic sustainability has been examined in terms of its ability to reduce the adverse effects of agrochemical use—by regulating their application to the levels needed at the land parcel level—and of its contribution to higher incomes and profitability. At the social level, PA has been linked to collective action although little insight is available regarding the role of various actors and education. This study tackles PA through an assessment of the attitudes of farmers towards the elements of its sustainability and of their educational needs. The analysis of survey data of a sample of young farmers in Greece showed that the majority of respondents were not familiar with PA. Significant differences were found between the attitudes of knowledgeable and non-knowledgeable farmers, the former demonstrating better acknowledgement of the environmental, economic and social sustainability of PA. Important educational needs were also detected, with group and individual methods being the most preferred ones for education and information campaigns. The results of the analysis could be of use for the design of Common Agricultural Policy Pillar II measures for the promotion of PA targeting to specific audiences and actors.
5. The role of communication and co-operation in the adoption of precision farming
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Kutter, T. (author), Tiemann, S. (author), Siebert, R. (author), Fountas, S. (author), and Leibniz-Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Institute of Socioeconomics, Eberswalder Str. 84 15374 Müncheberg Germany Farm Mechanization Lab, Crop Sciences and Rural Environment, University of Thessaly, Fytoko Street 38446 Nea Ionia Greece
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2011-02
- Published:
- International: Springer Science & Business Media B.V.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 164 Document Number: D08308
- Journal Title:
- Precision Agriculture
- Journal Title Details:
- 12 : 2-17
6. How to address the challenges of data science in agriculture
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Marquis, Tim (author)
- Format:
- Commentary
- Publication Date:
- 2017-04-26
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 168 Document Number: D08649
- Journal Title:
- Precision Agriculture
- Notes:
- 3 pages.
7. Drivers and challenges of precision agriculture: a social media perspective
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Ofori, Martinson (author) and El-Gayar, Omar (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2020-10-04
- Published:
- Netherlands: Springer
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 209 Document Number: D13447
- Journal Title:
- Precision Agriculture
- Journal Title Details:
- 22(3) : 1019–1044
- Notes:
- 27 pages, Precision agriculture, which has existed for over four decades, ensures efficient use of agricultural resources for increased productivity and sustainability with the use of technology. Due to the lingering perception that the adoption of precision agriculture has been slow, this study examines public thoughts on the practice of precision agriculture by employing social media analytics. A machine learning-based social media analytics tool—trained to identify and classify posts using lexicons, emoticons, and emojis—was used to capture sentiments and emotions of social media users towards precision agriculture. The study also validated the drivers and challenges of precision agriculture by comparing extant literature with social media data. By mining online data from January 2010 to December 2019, this research captured over 40,000 posts discussing a myriad of concerns related to the practice. An analysis of these posts uncovered joy as the most predominant emotion, also reflected the prevalence of positive sentiments. Robust regulatory and institutional policies that promote both national and international agenda for PA adoption, and the potential of agricultural technology adoption to result in net-positive job creation were identified as the most prevalent drivers. On the other hand, the cost and complexity of currently available technologies, as well as the need for proper data security and privacy were the most common challenges present in social media dialogue.