CONTENTS
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS 5 LIST OF TABLES 7 LIST OF FIGURES 7 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 9 1. INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL INFORMATION 11 1.1. Definitions and expected benefits 11 1.2. Background technologies and components of PA 12 2. APPLICATION OF PRECISION AGRICULTURE 15 2.1. Precision Farming on arable land 15 2.2. Precision Farming within the fruits & vegetables and viticulture sectors 16 2.3. Precision Livestock Farming 18 3. PROGRESS MADE AND PROSPECTS 21 3.1. Economic figures of PA in Europe 21 3.2. The Precision Agriculture business in Europe 27 3.3. Drivers and constraints for farmers to adopt PA 32 3.4. Viability of Precision Agriculture for EU farmers 35 4. CAP 2014-2020 POLICY instruments and PRECISION AGRICULTURE 37 4.1. Policy instruments that can address Precision Agriculture 37 4.2. Possible added value of Precision Agriculture for production estimates and CAP management 39 5. CONCLUSIONS 43 6. RECOMMENDATIONS 45 REFERENCES 47