User-technological index of precision agriculture

To determine the relationships between technological innovation, economic effectiveness and practical usability is one of the main goals of precision agriculture. There is real demand of farmers for technological development for their tools, but many technologically advanced methods have failed to reach their expectations in practice. The effectiveness and usefulness depends on local conditions, cultivated crops and varies in different countries. For the comparison between the methods of precision agriculture in terms of the relationship of technological advancement and application in practice was designed "user - technological index of precision agriculture" (UTIPA). UTIPA is based on the mutual sharing of ideas and experiences between industry-focused community of people related to precision agriculture - farmers, technology suppliers and researchers. It includes areas of crop production, livestock production and forestry. Evaluation of different methods is conducted from the perspective of technological sophistication and usability in practice. Obtained data is processed by various statistical methods including cluster analysis and then visualized and made available online for the whole community.