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Abstract
Due to new legislation, contractual commitments and societal demands,
the need to document production processes has been
growing continuously for farmers. This is particularly so with regard
to plant protection. In this study, we surveyed how 581 farmers from
Lower Saxony meet the documentation requirements. Almost all
farmers surveyed document their plant production including plant
protection measures. The most striking differences can be observed
with regard to documentation technologies and investments made.
Factor and cluster analyses allowed the identification four groups of
farmers with different motivations and attitudes towards existing
documentation requirements.