Handbook Digital Farming

The Handbook Digital Farming sheds light on the technological, economic, social, and legal perspectives of the digital transformation. The authors of the individual chapters explain the state of the art and the development of business models, enabling readers to draw conclusions for their own organizations. They also provide an outlook on trends, and further developments. The handbook provides technological facts from renowned experts and concrete business examples from experienced companies and start-ups. It is aimed at farmers, farm and business managers, decision-makers and developers of digital tools and strategies in the agri-food sector, as well as scientists and students. The handbook provides insights to the discussion of what contribution digital farming can make to the implementation of Green Deal, Farm to Fork and the new Common Agricultural Policy. The EditorsProf. Dr.-Ing. Jörg Dörr holds the chair of "Digital Farming" at TU Kaiserslautern. Furthermore, he is member of the extended institute management of Fraunhofer IESE in Kaiserslautern. In this position, he is responsible for the research programs of the institute and leads the Smart Farming research program. Dr. Matthias Nachtmann as chairperson of the Friends of Digital Farming e.V. supports promotion of talents, research, development and testing of new technologies. He is business model expert with BASF SE, Agricultural Solutions and responsible to identify, support and scale sustainable business models in Europe.