Reliability of new technologies: local ecosystem readiness level, a composite index

The study defines an index to assess the effectiveness and consistency of the farming systems’ actors. The local ecosystem readiness level (LERL) index was developed to evaluate the presence and solidity of networks between the agricultural system entities locally. The local precision agriculture technology (PAT) ecosystem efficiency is determined by the skill growth and key actor’s competence level. Nine indicators structured the LERL index, measured on a normalised scale from -20 (low) to +100 (high). The LERL measures and analyses the consistency of the PAT adoption proposed and provides a comprehensive analysis of how PAT adoption occurs locally