2.1 Courte description de l'Approche
Individual farmer seeking information and experimenting with machinery to maintain economic viability
2.2 Description détaillée de l'Approche
Description détaillée de l'Approche:
Aims / objectives: Maintenance of economic viability; seeking not to replace employee.
Methods: Seeking information from open days, agricultural shows, machinery manufacturers, demonstrations, other farmers in UK and overseas; experimented with drill on own farm before purchase.
Stages of implementation: Stages of implementation: information seeking over 6 months, trialled drill in one crop, hired drill for following crop on sale and return, purchase of new drill in 2002.
2.3 Photos de l'approche
2.5 Pays/ région/ lieux où l'Approche a été appliquée
2.8 Principaux objectifs de l'Approche
The Approach focused mainly on other activities than SLM (economic viability)
To find appropriate machinery to maintain economic viability
The SLM Approach addressed the following problems: Loss of ploughman and desire not to replace him but retain economic viability.
2.9 Conditions favorisant ou entravant la mise en œuvre de la(des) Technologie(s) appliquée(s) sous l'Approche
normes et valeurs sociales/ culturelles/ religieuses
farmer conservatism
Treatment through the SLM Approach: seeking knowledge and advice;willingess to take risks; family support
disponibilité/ accès aux ressources et services financiers
machinery costs; desire to to replace lost employee
Treatment through the SLM Approach: preparation of sound financial case
cadre juridique (régime foncier, droits d'utilisation des terres et de l'eau)
Dependent on farmer attitude.
connaissances sur la GDT, accès aux supports techniques
lack of appropriate expertise
Treatment through the SLM Approach: sought advice from a number of sources