CV Søren Marcus Pedersen, associate professor,April 2024
University of Copenhagen, Department of Food and Resource Economics (IFRO) , E-mail Marcus@ifro.ku.dk
Phone: Mobile: 51 92 07 20 office: 35 33 68 82
Education
2003
1995
1993

Positions
20122004-2012
1996-2004
1995-1996

Ph.D, Production and Technology, DTU, Technical
University of Denmark
MSc Agricultural Economics, Royal Veterinary andAgricultural University, Denmark
MSc Agricultural Economics, University of London,
Wye College.
Associate professor, Department of Food andResource Economics, University of Copenhagen
Senior Researcher, Institute of Food and Resource
Economics, University of Copenhagen (previously
Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, KVL)
Researcher, Danish Research Institute of Food
Economics
Economist, Danish Agricultural Council

Søren Marcus Pedersen has more than 25 years’ experience with innovation economics, environmental
economics and adoption studies in the agricultural sector. Focus has been on sustainable farming systems inarable farming, especially precision farming and autonomous systems and site-specific application of water,
nitrogen and other inputs in crop production. Currently he lectures in the following courses: European Food andFarming systems, Business Economics, Natural resources, Economy and Governance and previously Cost
benefits analysis and Technology Assessment of farming systems at University of Copenhagen.
Key interest
His main interested is on adoption and economics of smart farming systems. Both on financial viability of smart
farming practices and technologies but also on sustainable and environmental friendly solutions. He is a memberof ISPA and participated at several ECPA conferences.
Other tasks related to precision farming
2022 to present, Editorial board member, Smart Agricultural Technology, Elsevier,https://www.journals.elsevier.com/smart-agricultural-technology/editorial-board,
2022 -2023 Guest editor, Special issue on Economics of Field robotics, Smart Agricultural Technology,Elsevier,2022 Associate-editor, Economia agro-alimentare / Food Economy,
https://www.economiaagroalimentare.it/home/editorial-board,
2019 to present Member of reference group Nordic Testbed Network, Supporting digital transformation in theNordic bioeconomy,. https://nordictestbednetwork.se
2018 to present, Member of Steering Committee, Precision farming, Partnerskab for præcisionssprøjtning,
Danish Ministry of Environment and Food.
Member for several Scientific Committees at international conferences (incl. ECPA).

2007 to 2011 Board Member, NJF Nordic Association of agricultural scientist , economic section,Recent grants related to precision agriculture
BEATLES - Climate Smart agriculture (2022-2026) (WP-leader) https://beatles-project.eu
D4AgEcol (2022-2026) (WP-leader) http://d4agecol.eu
Robs4Crops Ag-robotics (2021-2024) EU-horizon 2020, (WP-leader) www.robs4crops.eu
PAMCOBA (project coordinator) – Precision Agriculture Methodologies for Cost Benefit Analysis (ICT-AGRI- Eranet) 2016 – 2020 http://tool.pamcoba.eu
Future Cropping 2016-2020 WP2-Impact assessment of precision agriculture and smart farming technologies(Innovation fund Denmark) https://futurecropping.dk
CTF-Optimove – Work package on economics and adoption of controlled traffic farming systems and routeplanning (ICT-AGRI -Eranet) https://ictagrifood.eu/node/36327.
Selected publications related to precision agriculture
JE Ørum, TW Tamirat, SM Pedersen, et. al .(2023): Optimal use of agricultural robot in arable crop rotation: Acase study from the Netherlands, Smart Agricultural Technology 5, 100261
TW Tamirat, SM Pedersen, RJ Farquharson, et. al ...(2022): Controlled traffic farming and field traffic
management: Perceptions of farmers groups from Northern and Western European countries, Soil and Tillage
Research 217, 105288
TW Tamirat, SM Pedersen, JE Ørum, SH Holm (2023): Multi-stakeholder perspectives on field crop robots:
Lessons from four case areas in Europe, Smart Agricultural Technology 4, 100143
Pedersen M.F ,Gyldengren J.G. , Pedersen S.M, Diamantopoulos E., Gislum R, Styczen M.E. , (2021): A
simulation of variable rate nitrogen application in winter wheat with soil and sensor information - An economic
feasibility study, Agricultural systems, vol. 192,
M Medici, SM Pedersen, M Canavari, T Anken, P Stamatelopoulos, ... (2021): A web-tool for calculating theeconomic performance of precision agriculture technology, Computers and Electronics in Agriculture 181,105930
Tamirat TW, Pedersen SM, Lind KM (2018): Farm and operator characteristics affecting adoption of precision
agriculture in Denmark and Germany, Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica, B—Soil & Plant Science 68 (4), 349357
Pedersen SM, KM Lind (ed) (2017): Precision agriculture: Technology and economic perspectives, Springer
International Publishing, Book editors, Springer.
Franco C, Pedersen SM, H Papaharalamos, JE Ørum (2017): The value of precision for image-based decision
support in weed management, Precision Agriculture 18 (3), 366-382, Springer
C.G. Sørensen, S. Fountas, E. Nash, L. Pesonen, D. Bochtis, S.M. Pedersen,B. Basso, S.B. Blackmore (2010):
Conceptual model of a future farm management information system, Computers and Electronics in Agriculture
72 (2010) 37–47
C.G. Sørensen, L. Pesonen, S. Fountas, P Suomi, D. Bochtis, P Bildsøe,S.M. Pedersen, (2010): A user-centricapproach for information modeling in arable farming , Computers and Electronics in Agriculture 73 (2010) 4455