https://pxfarms.com/contract-farming/controlled-traffic-farming-ctf/
Under controlled traffic farming, all field machinery uses the same lane network within the field. This is to reduce the total compacted area, to improve connections, and to optimise overlapping of return runs, resulting in more efficient use of labour and inputs. Risks from environmental pollution are also reduced. The technology is applied to arable fields.
The main principle is to confine all machinery-earth contact to the least possible area by using permanent traffic lanes. The aim is to minimise the area compacted area while improving connections and optimising the cover of operations (so that, for example, spraying doesn’t double the dose on a portion of the crop). For application of the technology, working widths of machines have to be synchronised to use the same (or multiple) working widths. For keeping directions and parallel traffic precisely Real Time Correction GPS need to be used.
The key benefit of the technology is that the compacted area can be reduced to 15-20% of the field and this is always in the same place. Due to the precision of next/ return runs of machinery, this means more efficient use of time and 15-20% less input materials used. Risk of environment pollution is correspondingly smaller. Under this system, conventional tillage (e.g. mouldboard ploughing) is not possible, only reduced, non-inversion tillage (“no-till”) can be employed. Correspondingly, mechanical weed control may be less effective under this system.
Lieu: Vityapuszta, Somogy County, Hongrie
Nbr de sites de la Technologie analysés: 2-10 sites
Diffusion de la Technologie: appliquée en des points spécifiques ou concentrée sur une petite surface
Dans des zones protégées en permanence ?: Non
Date de mise en oeuvre: 2012
Type d'introduction
| Spécifiez les intrants | Unité | Quantité | Coûts par unité (dollars américains) | Coût total par intrant (dollars américains) | % des coût supporté par les exploitants des terres |
| Equipements | |||||
| RTK navigation equipment | pcs | 1,0 | 9500,0 | 9500,0 | 100,0 |
| connectors (buses) | pcs | 1,0 | 1200,0 | 1200,0 | 100,0 |
| Autre | |||||
| subscription for RTK signal | year | 1,0 | 1200,0 | 1200,0 | 100,0 |
| Coût total de mise en place de la Technologie | 11'900.0 | ||||
| Coût total de mise en place de la Technologie en dollars américains (USD) | 11'900.0 | ||||
Quantité avant la GDT: 100%
Quantité après la GDT: 80%
less fertilizer, pesticide, labour and fuel
Quantité avant la GDT: 100%
Quantité après la GDT: 120%
This technology increases the infiltration of water into the soil.
Soil moisture increases due to the better infiltration.
One of the main benefit of this technology is that soil compaction significantly reduces.
soil biota increased
Quantité avant la GDT: 100%
Quantité après la GDT: 80%
