Core Project 6 analyzes the potential impact of robotics and phenotyping technologies on agricultural development, welfare, the environment, the landscape, as well as on the farm level. Therefore, we are developing a simulation model for PhenoRob technology diffusion and impact. We are also assessing regional feasibility and the ecological-economic impact in Germany and the rest of the world by analyzing economic barriers and opportunities for the market launch of the inventions.
Research Videos

AgriAdopt – An Agent Based Model of Technology Adoption and Diffusion in Agriculture
Postdoctoral Researcher Sebastian Rasch talks about his reserach within the PhenoRob’s Core Project 6: Technology Adoptian and Impact.

The Impact of the Behavior of Farmers on the Economic and Environmental Effects of Technologies
PhenoRob Junior Research Group Leader Hugo Storm talks about his research within Core Project 6: Technology Adoption and Impact.

Identifying Suitable Locations for Wildflower Strips by Detecting Areas of Low Yield Potential
PhenoRob PhD Student Christoph Pahmeyer provides insights into his research within Core Project 6: Technology Adoption and Impact.

Farmers’ acceptance of results-based agri-environmental schemes: A German perspective
This PhenoRob paper trailer is based on the following publication: A. Massfeller, M. Meraner, S. Huettel, and R. Uehleke, “Farmers’ acceptance of results-based agri-environmental schemes: A German perspective,” Land Use Policy, vol. 120, 2022. doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2022.106281

Innovation context & technology traits explain heterogeneity across studies of agri. tech. adoption
This PhenoRob paper trailer is based on the following publication: Schulz, Dario & Börner, Jan, “Innovation context and technology traits explain heterogeneity across studies of agricultural technology adoption: A meta-analysis,” Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2022. DOI: 10.1111/1477-9552.12521.

Measuring and Modelling Agricultural Technology Adoption
Jan Börner, Professor of Economics of Sustainable Natural Resource Use and Bioeconomy at the Institute for Food- and Resource Economics (ILR) and at the Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn gives a PhenoRob Interdisciplinary Lecture [PILS] on the topic of measuring and modelling agricultural technology adoption.

C. Pahmeyer, T. Kuhn & W. Britz – ‘Fruchtfolge’: A crop rotation decision support system (Trailer)
Watch the full presentation: http://digicrop.de/program/fruchtfolge-a-crop-rotation-decision-support-system-for-optimizing-cropping-choices-with-big-data-and-spatially-explicit-modeling/

PhenoRob PhD Graduate Talks: Christoph Pahmeyer
Christoph Pahmeyer gives a talk on “Advances in technology evaluation and decision support studies using bio/economic farmmodels” after succesfully completing his PhD as part of PhenoRob. In the PhenoRob PhD Graduate Talks, recent PhenoRob graduates share about their research within the Cluster of Excellence.

PhenoRob PhD Graduate Talks: Maria Gerullis
Maria Gerullis gives a talk on “The governance of plant breeding – a social-ecological systems perspective” after succesfully completing her PhD as part of PhenoRob. In the PhenoRob PhD Gradaute Talks, recent PhenoRob graduates share about their research within the Cluster of Excellence.

An Economist’s View on Profit
Thomas Heckelei, Professor and head of the Economic and Agricultural Policy Group, Institute for Food- and Resource Economics (ILR) at the University of Bonn gives a PhenoRob Interdisciplinary Lecture [PILS] on “An Economist’s View on Profit”.

Pathways for reducing pesticide risk
Niklas Möhring, Professor and head of the Production Economics Group, Institute for Food and Resource Economics (ILR) ath the University of Bonn gives a PhenoRob Interdisciplinary Lecture [PILS] on “Pathways for reducing pesticide risk”.