Farmers’ needs, ideas and interests on the adoption of fossil energy free technologies and strategies in the EU

Figures & data

Table 1. Farmers’ survey sampling per production system.

Country	Plant production	Animal production	Mixed systems	Total
Denmark	20	7	25	52
Germany	14	10	35	59
Greece	28	16	18	62
Ireland	7	43	11	61
Italy	30	28	4	62
Netherlands	31	19	6	56
Poland	24	5	32	61
Spain	26	11	20	57
Total	180	139	151	470

Table 2. Composition of the experts interviews.

Country	Advisors	Researchers/ academics	Farmers’ representatives	Industry representatives
Denmark	3	1		1
Germany	5	1	1
Greece	5		1
Ireland	5
Italy	5
The Netherlands	5
Poland	3	1		1
Spain		2		1
Total	31	5	2	3

Table 3. Farmers’ awareness of RES (%) per country.

Country	Solar	Wind turbines	Biomass/ biofuels/ biogas	Heat pumps*	Hydro	Energy storage system
Denmark	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	25.5%	21.2%
Germany	100.0%	89.7%	100.0%	91.4%	79.7%	98.3%
Greece	100.0%	56.5%	96.8%	61.3%	66.1%	83.9%
Ireland	70.5%	63.9%	55.7%	47.5%	47.5%	31.1%
Italy	95.2%	90.0%	95.0%	85.0%	82.3%	72.6%
Netherlands	94.6%	91.1%	83.9%	77.4%	75.0%	73.2%
Poland	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	96.7%	88.5%
Spain	93.0%	84.2%	89.5%	63.0%	57.9%	57.9%
Total	94.0%	83.9%	89.9%	77.8%	67.2%	66.6%

* Geothermal or aerothermal or hydrothermal.

Figure 1. Most important source of information on RES.

Figure 2. Most important source of information/support for RES establishment and use.

Figure 3. Three most RES used on Farm.

Figure 4. Main motivation for the adoption of RES.

Figure 5. Adopter’s opinions on the RES they have/use.

Figure 6. Most important reason for non-adopting RES.

Figure 7. Incentives for adopting RES.

Figure 8. Information source farmers trust the most before deciding to establish (buy/use) such a technology – RES.

Figure 9. Most important source of information on energy efficient technologies/practices.

Figure 10. Most important source of information/support for energy efficient technologies/practices’ establishment and use.

Figure 11. Main motivation for the adoption of energy efficient technologies/practices.

Figure 12. Adopter’s opinions on the energy efficient technologies/practices they have/use.

Figure 13. Most important reason for non-adopting energy efficient technologies/practices.

Figure 14. Incentives for adopting energy efficient technologies/practices.

Figure 15. Information source farmers trust the most before deciding to establish (buy/use) energy efficient technologies/practices.

Figure 16. Most important source of information/awareness for carbon sequestration practices.

Figure 17. Farmers’ main motivation for the adoption of carbon sequestration practices.

Figure 18. Most important reason for non-adopting carbon sequestration practices.

Figure 19. Farmers’ attitudes towards technology.

Data availability statement

The data that support the findings of this study are openly available in zenodo at https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10301302

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