ict en part time farming

An increasingly important feature of agriculture as an industry is that the production of agricultural commodities on family farms takes place in units that are operated by people who also engage in other activities (part-time farming). This differs among member states from 40% in Belgium, Ireland Luxembourg and the Netherlands, to about 80% in Greece, Spain, Italy and Portugal.
This quote from the EU's Scenar2020 study (carried out by LEI and ZALF), makes one wonder what the relation is between ICT and part-time farming. Is ICT adoption fostered by it (people learn to integrate it in their other activity), is part-time farming promoted by ICT (either because small farms are driven out of farming or it liberates them from work like the milking robot)? Any clues?

Deze tekst plaatste ik op SITAg, net als een tekst over robotisering in de landbouw, en verdere discussie daarover graag op die plek.