Handbook Digital Farming

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XXIII

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2. Introduction

   • Jörg Dörr, Matthias Nachtmann, Christian Linke, John Crawford, Knut Ehlers, Frederike Balzer et al.

   Pages 1-57

3. Framework for the Digital Transformation of the Agricultural Ecosystem

   • Carsten Gerhardt, Stefanie Bröring, Otto Strecker, Michael Wustmans, Débora Moretti, Peter Breunig et al.

   Pages 59-108

4. Technology Perspective

   • Thomas Herlitzius, Patrick Noack, Jan Späth, Roland Barth, Sjaak Wolfert, Ansgar Bernardi et al.

   Pages 109-189

5. Agronomy Perspective

   • Jörg Migende, Johannes Sonnen, Sebastian Schauff, Julian Schill, Alexa Mayer-Bosse, Theo Leeb et al.

   Pages 191-275

6. Farming System Perspective

   • Tom Green, Emmanuelle Gourdain, Géraldine Hirschy, Mehdi Sine, Martin Geyer, Norbert Laun et al.

   Pages 277-339

7. Sustainability Perspective

   • Keith A. Wheeler, Friedhelm Taube, Klaus Erdle, Markus Frank, Isabel Roth

   Pages 341-383

8. Summary

   • Jörg Dörr, Matthias Nachtmann

   Pages 385-395

9. Back Matter

   Pages 397-403

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The Handbook Digital Farming sheds light on the technological, economic, social, and legal perspectives of the digital transformation. The authors of the individual chapters explain the state of the art and the development of business models, enabling readers to draw conclusions for their own organizations. They also provide an outlook on trends, and further developments. The handbook provides technological facts from renowned experts and concrete business examples from experienced companies and start-ups. It is aimed at farmers, farm and business managers, decision-makers and developers of digital tools and strategies in the agri-food sector, as well as scientists and students. The handbook provides insights to the discussion of what contribution digital farming can make to the implementation of Green Deal, Farm to Fork and the new Common Agricultural Policy.

• Agriculture
• Farming
• Food Chain
• Sustainability
• sensors
• machinery
• crop protection
• fertilizers
• digital transformation
• business model
• Digital Farming
• Smart Farming

• Technical University of Kaiserslautern, Chair of “Digital Farming” and Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering (IESE), Extended Institute Management, Kaiserslautern, Germany

  Jörg Dörr

• BASF SE, Agricultural Solutions, Sustainable Business Model Developer, Limburgerhof, Germany and Chairman Förderverein Digital Farming e.V. (Friends of Digital Farming), Kaiserslautern, Germany

  Matthias Nachtmann

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jörg Dörr holds the chair of "Digital Farming" at TU Kaiserslautern. Furthermore, he is member of the extended institute management of Fraunhofer IESE in Kaiserslautern. In this position, he is responsible for the research programs of the institute and leads the Smart Farming research program.

Dr. Matthias Nachtmann as chairperson of the Friends of Digital Farming e.V. supports promotion of talents, research, development and testing of new technologies. He is business model expert with BASF SE, Agricultural Solutions and responsible to identify, support and scale sustainable business models in Europe.

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