1. EFITA 2005 in Portugal Karin Rosskopf, Peter Wagner Knowledge Management in Agriculture - From Data Generation to Knowledge Sharing - Peter Wagner, Karin Rosskopf

2. EFITA 2005 in Portugal Karin Rosskopf, Peter Wagner Content Former ICT Adoption Studies Knowledge Management of Farmers Results of Empirical Studies –Basic Statistics –ICT Adoption by Farmers –Use of Software on Farms –Technology Use for Knowledge Management Processes Summary Discussion

3. EFITA 2005 in Portugal Karin Rosskopf, Peter Wagner Former ICT Adoption Studies  EFITA questionnaires 1999 in Bonn, 2001 in Montpellier and 2003 in Debrecen (Gelb, E.; Wagner, P.; Rosskopf, K.; Parker, C.: A Summary of the EFITA ICT Adoption Questionnaires. In: Vlachopoulou, M. et. al (Hrsg.): Proceedings Vol. I, Second HAICTA Conference, Thessaloniki, Greece, 2004, S. 343–34)  In the eyes of scientist, the following reasons are hampering the use of ICT technologies by farmers:  no economic or other benefits  difficult to use  high costs  lack of training  Since 2002, country studies in Germany about ICT adoption problems  Data collection platform: „Agrarcomputertage“ 2002 in Goettingen (Lower Saxony), 2003 in Munich (Bavaria), 2004 in Alsfeld (Hess) and 2005 in Augsburg (Bavaria)

4. EFITA 2005 in Portugal Karin Rosskopf, Peter Wagner Knowledge Management of Farmers  Knowledge is different from data and information  Knowledge is embedded in processes and technologies  Knowledge has an implicit and explicit dimension  Knowledge sharing is an important knowledge management process  Knowledge sharing activities can benefit farmers

5. EFITA 2005 in Portugal Karin Rosskopf, Peter Wagner General Results 2002200320042005 Lower Saxony BavariaHesseBavaria Universal setN=371N=700N=92N=618 Male / female90% / 10%92% / 8% 94% / 6% Average age (years)38364138 Share of farmers, out of them:77%81%79%92% full-time farmer80%79%72%70% part-time farmer20%21%28%30% crop farming50%25%34%36% animal farming50%75%66%64% Size of farm in ha (average)294 ha98 ha133 ha77 ha Size of farm in ha (median)90 ha50 ha70 ha50 ha Ownership of a computer96%97%90%97% Internet access (out of computer owner)89%91%83%94%

6. EFITA 2005 in Portugal Karin Rosskopf, Peter Wagner Source: Stat. Bundesamt / DBV 2005 Ownership of a computer Internet access Farmers non Farmers

7. EFITA 2005 in Portugal Karin Rosskopf, Peter Wagner ICT Adoption Constraints

8. EFITA 2005 in Portugal Karin Rosskopf, Peter Wagner The Use of Software on Farms

9. EFITA 2005 in Portugal Karin Rosskopf, Peter Wagner Internet: Widely used, but not for everything

10. EFITA 2005 in Portugal Karin Rosskopf, Peter Wagner Information Sources of Farmers (multiple answers) Info-SourceTotalPercentage Internet25460,8 Agriculturual journals24157,7 State extension service23355,7 National farmers' union12028,7 Other farmers6916,5 Tax consultant6916,5 Private consulting6716,0 Industry agents337,9 Agricultural fairs276,5 Field trips266,2 Other associations112,6

11. EFITA 2005 in Portugal Karin Rosskopf, Peter Wagner How are Farm Size and Education influencing the Info-Sources? The higher the education, the….. –more important is the Internet –less important is the state extension service –more important is private consulting –less important is the national farmers union –more important are agricultural journals The bigger the farm size, the.... –more important is the Internet –less important is the state extension service –more important is private consulting –less important is the national farmers union –less important are other farmers The older the farmer, the.... –more important is the state extension service –more important is the national farmers union

12. EFITA 2005 in Portugal Karin Rosskopf, Peter Wagner Type of Consultancy on Farms and Provider Type of consultancy (n = resp. / % of farmers in sample) Usage of consultingProvider Yes 1) (Yes 2) )No 1) State Extension ServiceOther Tax Consultancy (n=415 / 73,3%)90% (65,7%)10%9%91% Bookkeeping (n=439 / 77,6%)85% (62,5%)15%11%89% Plant production (n=333 / 58,8%)64% (37,5%)36%75%25% Subsidy claims (n=298 / 52,7%)61% (32,5%)39%87%13% Livestock breeding (n=278 / 49,1%)56% (27,6%)44%57%43% Interfarm comparison (n=253 / 44,7%)47% (21,0%)53%24%76% Traceability (n=264 / 46,6%)38% (19,1%)62%33%67% Cost accounting (n=232 / 41,0%)33% (13,8%)67%39%61% 1) % of respondents 2) % of all farmers

13. EFITA 2005 in Portugal Karin Rosskopf, Peter Wagner Data Exchange in Consultancy

14. EFITA 2005 in Portugal Karin Rosskopf, Peter Wagner Summary When an ICT tool is used by large sectors of the population, it is used by farmers too New technologies, such as mobile computing and precision farming technologies, are disseminating very slowly The lack of training, the missing benefits and the time needed to use ICT are main adoption barriers. There is still a lack of understanding of the benefits especially of agriculture-specific software The most important information sources of farmers are the internet, agricultural journals and the state extension service Farmers like to receive information and knowledge, but they only share their data when they have to do it

15. EFITA 2005 in Portugal Karin Rosskopf, Peter Wagner Thank you! Peter Wagner Karin Rosskopf peter.wagner@landw.uni-halle.de krosskop@hotmail.com Internet: http://www.landw.uni-halle.de/lb/