caa a22 4500 445864265 CHVBK 20180317145453.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11119-009-9155-8 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11119-009-9155-8 Adoption and use of precision agriculture technologies in the sugarcane industry of São Paulo state, Brazil [Elektronische Daten] [Claudia Silva, Márcia de Moraes, José Molin] Precision agriculture (PA) technologies are being applied to crops in Brazil, which are important to ensure Brazil's position in agricultural production. However, there are no studies available at present to indicate the extent to which PA technologies are being used in the country. Therefore, the main objective of this research was to investigate how the sugar-ethanol industry in São Paulo state, which produces 60% of the domestic sugarcane, is adopting and using these techniques. For this purpose, primary data were used, which were obtained from a questionnaire sent to all companies operating in the sugar-ethanol industry in the region. The aim was to determine to what extent these companies are adopting and using PA technologies, and also to promote a more in-depth discussion of the topic within the sugar-ethanol industry. Information was obtained on the features of the companies, on sources of information that they use for adopting these technologies, on their impacts on these companies and on obstacles hindering their adoption. The main conclusions of this research suggest that companies that adopt and use PA practices reap benefits, such as managerial improvements, higher yields, lower costs, minimization of environmental impacts and improvements in sugarcane quality. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2010 Ethanol nationallicence Sugar nationallicence Sugarcane nationallicence Survey nationallicence Brazil nationallicence Silva Claudia Economic, Business Administration and Sociology Department, Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture, University of São Paulo, Av. Pádua Dias, 11. São Dimas, mailbox 9, 13418-900, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil aut de Moraes Márcia Economic, Business Administration and Sociology Department, Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture, University of São Paulo, Av. Pádua Dias, 11. São Dimas, mailbox 9, 13418-900, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil aut Molin José Biosystems Engineering Department, Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture, University of São Paulo, Av. Pádua Dias, 11. São Dimas, mailbox 9, 13418-900, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil aut Precision Agriculture Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 12/1(2011-02-01), 67-81 1385-2256 12:1<67 2011 12 11119 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11119-009-9155-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11119-009-9155-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Silva Claudia Economic, Business Administration and Sociology Department, Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture, University of São Paulo, Av. Pádua Dias, 11. São Dimas, mailbox 9, 13418-900, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- de Moraes Márcia Economic, Business Administration and Sociology Department, Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture, University of São Paulo, Av. Pádua Dias, 11. São Dimas, mailbox 9, 13418-900, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Molin José Biosystems Engineering Department, Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture, University of São Paulo, Av. Pádua Dias, 11. São Dimas, mailbox 9, 13418-900, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Precision Agriculture Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 12/1(2011-02-01), 67-81 1385-2256 12:1<67 2011 12 11119 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer