Adana İlinde Çiftçilerin Uydu-Esaslı Traktör Otomatik Dümenleme Sistemi Deneyimleri
Otomatik Dümenleme (OD) sistemleri tarımsal işlemlerde çiftçilere yüksek hassassiyet, yüksek verim ve daha az tarımsal girdi kullanımı gibi birçok yarar sağlamaktadır. OD sistemlerinin kullanımı birçok ülkede artmaktadır. Türkiye'de Adana ilinde ve diğer bölgelerde kullanımı da artmaktadır. Bu çalışmanın amacı, Adana'da OD sistemleri kullanan yaklaşık 110 çiftçiden 55'i ile yüz yüze görüşerek çiftçilerin deneyim ve memnuniyet düzeylerini değerlendirmekti. Çiftçilerin büyük bir kısmının (%34.5) 200-300 ha ve 50-100 ha (%23.6) araziye sahip olduğu tespit edilmiştir. En yaygın (%49.1) GNSS sinyal düzeltme yöntemi yıllık abonelik ücreti gerektiren RTK + CORS + GSM sistemidir. Çiftçiler, OD sistemini en fazla toprak işleme (%98.2), ekim (%47.3) ve gübreleme (%29.1) işlemlerinde kullanmaktadır. Karşılaştıkları sorunların çoğunlukla (%83.3) donanımla ilgili olduğu belirlenmiştir. Sistemin sağladığı en önemli yararların, düz toprak sırtı oluşturma (%98.2), esnek çalışma saatleri (%92.7), zamandan tasarruf (%80.0), yakıt tasarrufu (%80.0) ve işgücü tasarrufu (%50.9) olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Kullanıcıların çoğunluğu sistemden "Çok memnun" (%81.8) ve "Memnun" (%16.4) olduğunu bildirmiştir. Bununla birlikte, katılımcı çiftçilerin %96.4'ü diğer Hassas Tarım (HT) teknolojilerini kullanmamaktadır ve bunun en büyük nedeninin (% 54.5) bu sistemler hakkında bilgi sahibi olmamalarıdır. Bu sebeple, çiftçilerin diğer HT teknolojileri üzerine eğitim almaları gerekli görülmektedir.
Farmers’ Experiences with GNSS-Based Tractor Auto Guidance in Adana Province of Turkey
Auto Guidance (AG) systems offer many advantages for farmers including more accuracy, moreefficiency and agricultural input savings. The adoption of AG systems is increasing in many countries. Also, theiradoption rate is rising in Adana province and in other regions of Turkey. The aim of this study was to assess theexperiences and satisfactions of 55 out of about 110 farmers who used AG systems in Adana using face-to-faceinterviews. A large portion of the farmers (34.5%) had a land area of 200-300 ha followed by 50-100 ha (23.6%).The most common (49.1%) GNSS signal correction method was RTK + CORS + GSM which requires annualsubscription fee. Participant farmers used the AG system mostly in tillage (98.2%) followed by planting (47.3%) andfertilization (29.1%). Most of the problems (83.3%) they faced were related to hardware. The biggest benefitsprovided by the system were creating straight soil ridges (98.2%), flexible working hours (92.7%), time-savings(80.0%), fuel savings (80.0%) and labor savings (50.9%). The majority of the users were "Very satisfied" (81.8%)and "Satisfied" (16.4%) with the system. However, 96.4% of them did not use other Precision Agriculture (PA)technologies and the greatest reason (54.5%) was that they did not have any knowledge about them; thus, farmersneed training on other PA technologies.
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