TY - JOUR AU - Sarri, Daniele AU - Lombardo, Stefania AU - Pagliai, Andrea AU - Zammarchi, Luca AU - Lisci, Riccardo AU - Vieri, Marco PY - 2020/06/18 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - A technical-economic analysis of telemetry as a monitoring tool for crop protection in viticulture JF - Journal of Agricultural Engineering JA - J Agric Eng VL - 51 IS - 2 SE - Original Articles DO - 10.4081/jae.2020.1029 UR - https://www.agroengineering.org/jae/article/view/1029 SP - 91-99 AB - <p>Based on the European Community framework directive 2009/128/EC that is devoted to the sustainable use of pesticides, farmers’ sensitivity and their administrative fulfillments are growing in recent years. Great attention is directed towards remote data acquisition by smartphone, satellites, drones. An available technological tool to accomplish this in the scenario of precision viticulture technologies is telemetry. This study aimed to evaluate the usefulness of the data acquired with a telemetry system used when applying crop protection products in a winemaking farm for management optimization. Results showed an incorrect operative operation rate for 9.53% of the total kilometers worked during the spraying phase with a variable cost for fuel and pesticides ranging between 0.01 € m<sup>–1</sup> and 0.03 € m<sup>–1</sup>.</p> ER -