Basic information and project objectives
Basic Project Information:
Project title: Adoption of Innovative Technologies for Climate Change Mitigation in Dairy Farming / Dairy4Climate
Project duration: 48 months (01 October 2025 – 30 September 2029)
Funding source: Source 581 – Recovery and Resilience Mechanism within the Program Funding of Public Higher Education Institutions and Public Scientific Institutes in the Republic of Croatia
Total project value: EUR 80,000.00
Project Objectives
Main objective:
To identify the intentions of milk producers regarding the adoption of smart, precision, and digital technologies that enable more efficient resource use and mitigate the adverse impacts of climate change.
Specific objectives:
- To assess the intention to adopt modern technologies on dairy farms using the TAM and TOE theoretical frameworks
- To establish a virtual demonstration pasture to showcase the benefits of new technologies
- To develop an extended TAM model incorporating the factor of risk propensity
- To determine the effects and relationships between factors influencing the adoption of new technologies among milk producers using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM)
- To compare the characteristics of producers who adopt new technologies with those who do not
- To examine differences in readiness to adopt technologies among producers with respect to geographic region and farm size
- To formulate policy recommendations to support digital transformation in agriculture based on the research findings
