An Empirical Study of Internet Use Intensity in German Agriculture

Abstract: The internet plays a promising role for the future development of rural areas and offers several potential business relevant applications for agricultural entrepreneurs. Yet, little is known about the determinants of internet use intensity of German farmers. Thus, this paper empirically explores factors affecting internet use intensity in German agriculture using a representative data set collected in 2016. The representative data were analyzed using an ordered probit model. The results indicate that age, education, farm size and farm location play a statistical significant role. Moreover, our results show that farmers, who feel informed about dangers of the web, are more likely to be frequent internet user. Our results can be of interest for both policy makers and providers since they offer first insights into the determinants of German farmers’ internet use intensity and, thus, provide hints for potential improvements in this area. https://www.tib-op.org/ojs/index.php/gjae/article/view/2121

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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
An Empirical Study of Internet Use Intensity in German Agriculture ; volume:68 ; number:1 ; year:2019
German journal of agricultural economics ; 68, Heft 1 (2019)

Creator
Michels, Marius
Fecke, Wilm
Feil, Jan-Henning
Mußhoff, Oliver
Pigisch, Johanna
Krone, Saskia

DOI
10.52825/gjae.v68i1.2121
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2409251003547.098430365590
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Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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  • Michels, Marius
  • Fecke, Wilm
  • Feil, Jan-Henning
  • Mußhoff, Oliver
  • Pigisch, Johanna
  • Krone, Saskia

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