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ANEXO 2: INTERNATIONAL EXPERT QUESTIONNAIRE
STUDY
“ANALYSIS OF PRECISION AGRICULTURE IN CHILE:
STATE OF THE ART, APPLICATION AND PERSPECTIVES
Introduction
Chilean Ministry of Agriculture has programmed an agenda in which it has put special
emphasis on information networks and technological knowledge/know how.
Within this context the Bureau of Agricultural Studies and Policies (Oficina de Estudios
y Políticas Agrarias, ODEPA) has requested that the Research and Transference Center
for Irrigation and Agroclimatology (Centro de Investigación y Transferencia de Riego y
Agroclimatología, CITRA) at the Universidad de Talca propose a medium term strategic
agenda related to promote Precision Agriculture in the Chilean agricultural sector.
It is hoped that a medium term vision can be developed along with a plan of action
permitting public agencies in the agricultural sector to promote and coordinate a policy
for innovation in the area of Precision Agriculture.
Concerning methodological aspects, the technical team at the university has
considered necessary to know the opinion of international experts in order to form a
world vision of the state of the art in precision agriculture.
We are asking you to kindly respond the questions that follow. Your responses will be a
valuable contribution to the analysis and implementation of the Chilean proposal for
this highly relevant topic.
- Conceptual Description of Precision Agriculture
Do you agree with the following definition?:
“Precision Agriculture (PA) is an agronomic concept of agricultural land management
based on the existence of variable spatial variability in the country. It requires the use
of technology such as Global Positioning Systems (GPS), sensors, satellites and aerial
photographs along with Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to estimate, interpret,
evaluate and understand said variations”.
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YES ____
NO ____
If the answer is NO, what other element would you add to this definition?
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