Role of agricultural innovation in matching the „greening component” of CAP (Case of site-specific crop production)

Takácsné György, Katalin and Takács, István (2015) Role of agricultural innovation in matching the „greening component” of CAP (Case of site-specific crop production). In: Role of agricultural innovation in matching the „greening component” of CAP (Case of site-specific crop production), 2015.05.27-2015.05.29, Wageningen.

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Abstract

It is frequently mentioned, that one of the key elements of strengthening the SMEs is the permanent renewal, the capability for innovation. It is also true in the case of agriculture. From one point of view, i nnovation in agriculture ensures the widespread use of the most up - to - date technology. Lots of new solutions have been implemented rapidly that are connected to animal health questions, precision technologies, chemical usage, irrigation, etc. in the last decades. These new solutions sometimes are really new inputs of the production, machines, technologies but some of them are new managerial technics as well . Here the role of agricultural extension services, knowledge centres, experimental farms are important. Our opinion is that observing the good practice, adoption and/or adaption – the imitation – should get higher function in everyday life. Site - specific farming is a holistic system, a technology that allows target oriented treatments, thus managing the spatial and temporal variability within an ecosystem, by applying spot treatment applications. It has been shown t hat the implementation of site - specific crop production can result in savings in the use of pesticides, while savings can also be expected regarding fertiliser use, depending on the objective of production. This technology is the result of a longer innovat ion process that can be characterised as a technology - push one. Although it is compatible with ecological, economic and social sustainability its real diffusion is not so fast that it can be. The question is whether has any role of precision crop productio n in meeting the requirements of the “green component” of Pillar 1 of the European Union’s (EU ’s ) Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) for the period 2014 - 2020? Is this technology intended to encourage environmentally friendly farming practice? Precision farmi ng is an abiotic factor, which is the ultimate tool for the reform of agricultural production.

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