TY - GEN
T1 - Dissemination of precision farming technologies in Austria in the context of energy savings potential
AU - Motsch, Viktoria
AU - Hauser, Lukas
AU - Schuster, Julia
AU - Bauer, Alexander
AU - Bauer, Thomas
AU - Brunner, Mathias
AU - Barta, Norbert
AU - Gronauer, Andreas
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Gesellschaft fur Informatik (GI). All rights reserved.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - The usage of precision farming technology can be a key factor in reducing greenhouse gas emissions in agricultural processes. In particular, automatic steering systems as well as automatic section control systems are two of the main contributors for the energy savings potential in agriculture. In order to estimate this potential for Austria, the degree of mechanization and the local agricultural structure have to be considered. An online survey was used to determine the extent of these factors, with more than 1000 arable farms participating in the two and a half months of the survey. Approximately one-third of those surveyed stated that a steering system is in use, while RTK systems are only used by just over a fifth of the farms. Further, while more than half of the farms already use section control in sowing and fertilization, only around 15 % of them use satellite-supported section control. These findings imply a considerable savings potential.
AB - The usage of precision farming technology can be a key factor in reducing greenhouse gas emissions in agricultural processes. In particular, automatic steering systems as well as automatic section control systems are two of the main contributors for the energy savings potential in agriculture. In order to estimate this potential for Austria, the degree of mechanization and the local agricultural structure have to be considered. An online survey was used to determine the extent of these factors, with more than 1000 arable farms participating in the two and a half months of the survey. Approximately one-third of those surveyed stated that a steering system is in use, while RTK systems are only used by just over a fifth of the farms. Further, while more than half of the farms already use section control in sowing and fertilization, only around 15 % of them use satellite-supported section control. These findings imply a considerable savings potential.
KW - Automatic steering
KW - Energy savings potential
KW - Section control
KW - Survey
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85114714280
T3 - Lecture Notes in Informatics (LNI), Proceedings - Series of the Gesellschaft fur Informatik (GI)
SP - 223
EP - 228
BT - Informatik in der Land-, Forst- und Ernahrungswirtschaft, Fokus
A2 - Meyer-Aurich, Andreas
A2 - Gandorfer, Markus
A2 - Hoffmann, Christa
A2 - Weltzien, Cornelia
A2 - Bellingrath-Kimura, Sonoko D.
A2 - Floto, Helga
PB - Gesellschaft fur Informatik (GI)
T2 - 41. Jahrestagung 2021 der Gesellschaft fur Informatik in der Land-, Forst- und Ernahrungswirtschaft (GIL) - Fokus: "Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologien in kritischen Zeiten" - 2021 41st Annual Meeting of the Society for Computer Science in Agriculture, Forestry and the Food Industry (GIL) - Focus: "Information and Communication Technologies in Critical Times"
Y2 - 8 March 2021 through 9 March 2021
ER -