IAALD AFITA WCCA2008 WORLD CONFERENCE ON AGRICULTURAL INFORMATION AND IT Analysis of External Drivers for Agriculture Pavel Gnip 1 Karel Charvat 1 and Matej Krocan 1 1 WirelessInfo, Czech Republic, gnip@wirelessinfo.cz Abstract The initial study of FutureFarm project define list f external drivers, which will influenced on knowledge management methods and on farming system as whole in next 25 years. These external drivers are analyzed on the base of analysis of literature, but also on the base of SWOT analysis realised directly on the concrete farms. The comparison of the influence of this external drivers together with current knowledge management methods is base for first vision of farm of future and recommendation.. Keywords: Farming, vision, road mapping, external drivers Introduction Over the next 20 years rural regions will be radically transformed in terms of the distribution of people and of economic activity within and Gross its regions. These changes are inevitable and many forces conspire to bring them about. The common and future position of each important driver in reality can be different; in many cases can stay two drivers against to each other and their future influence on Agri-production and food market depend on regulations and common policy. For example: • Food quality and safety Food requirements for growing population • Growing requiroments for food Renewable energy production technologies • Renewable production energy demand Demand on more environmentally friendly production To be possible overcome this problems it is necessary to define new methods of farm management, which will look for optimal solutions in changed conditions. There exist four main Drivers with influence on strategies in world wide organizations and market are as follows: 1. WTO negotiations and reform of the Common Agricultural Policy 2. Global competition in production of agricultural commodities and food market with focus on business model and profitability of farmers. - Precision Agriculture technologies, adoption of technological-production models by farmers in specific areas in Europe with technological and knowledge support from service organization & Universities and Research organizations - Development and Improvements in agricultural productivity from RTD & Innovation in biotechnology and GMO 1 crops 1 Genetically modified organisms 797