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Nordic Field Trial System Oats meeting 28 Sep, SLU/ Alnarp Thomas Nitschke - Agrotech, Århus/Denmark. Danish Agricultural Advisory Service. 60 local centres. Farmers. Research, trials, etc. Danish Agricultural Advisory Service, National Centre. Chemical company:. 11 field trials:.
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Nordic Field Trial System Oats meeting 28 Sep, SLU/Alnarp Thomas Nitschke - Agrotech, Århus/Denmark
Danish Agricultural Advisory Service 60 local centres Farmers Research, trials, etc Danish Agricultural Advisory Service, National Centre
Chemical company: 11 field trials: Opera (fungizide) Winter wheat: 1 l/ha Technology transfer from science to farming • A tradition of impartial trials • Impartialfieldtrials - the onlyway to obtain-knowledgeonvarieties, pesticides, fertilizersand dosages Estimatedsavings for Danish farmers: 15 mio. US$ pr. yr.
Organization of national field trials • 17 field trial units carry out the trials • These units and AgroTech have a contract regulating the co-operation • Number of trials, economy • Requirements in relation to quality, documentation, equipment
NFTS background A Danish field trial system developed since 1992 Meetings and contacts between Nordic countries since 2002 A common Nordic system developed 2005-2006 by Danish Agricultural Advisory Service Nordic Field Trial System introduced in 2006
Nordic Field Trial System (NFTS) • 4 Modul: • Field Trialplanning • PC Field Trial • Administration • Field Trial - Overview Advantages of the system: • Secure central data storage • Availability of all the experimental data at any time • Quickcalculation and publication
Field Trialplanning – Creation of the master plan The field trial plans will be published on the internet!
Individuelle adaptation of the design NFTS generated: Planting plans Harvesting plans
Data Collectionwith the help of hand-held terminals • ’PsionWorkabout’ ’Smart Trial’ • Advantages:PC Field Trial • Data is transferred directly into the system • Saves time • AvoidsTransmissionerror • Enables fast data exchange
Barcodes and delivery notes for all the samples! • Advantages: • Avoiding incorrect labeling of samples • Electronic transfer of laboratory analysis results • Prevention of transmissionerrors