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Evaluation of Precision Agriculture Technologies
1M. Stoces, 1J. Jarolimek, 1P. Simek, 1J. Masner, 1J. Vaněk, 2M. Ulman
1. Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
2. ulman@pef.czu.cz

User-Technological Index of Precision Agriculture (UTIPA) is a comprehensive system based on mutual sharing of opinions and experience within community of people related to precision agriculture - farmers, technology suppliers and researchers. The main benefit of UTIPA is the possibility to use the calculated index value for particular precision agriculture technology (method) and compare it to other technologies with regards to different users, crops, regions etc. The index has significance for the presentation of the potential of precision agriculture, development planning and especially for the connection between technological innovativeness and usefulness for practice. It evaluates the principle of a technology but does not take into account specific products, brands or manufacturers. The evaluation is primarily based on a five-point rating in terms of technological advancement and applicability in agricultural practice. An important characteristic of the evaluated technology is also its unfamiliarity among the respondents. The whole system works on the principle of "what type of data I provide is the type of data I gain access to". It enables long-term monitoring of development and trends in precision agriculture. The poster presents the entire solution including the methodology for the data collection, processing, index calculation, presentation and visualization of data. The system is available for all common device platforms through web application that is freely available at https://www.utipa.info/.

Keyword: Precision agriculture, technological sophistication, user accessibility, knowledge sharing.