By Margaret Oliver,Thomas Bishop,Ben Marchant
Precision agriculture (PA) comprises the applying of applied sciences and agronomic ideas to regulate spatial and temporal edition linked to all facets of agricultural creation as a way to increase crop functionality and environmental caliber. the point of interest of this ebook is to introduce a non-specialist viewers to the the position of PA in foodstuff safety, environmental safety, and sustainable use of usual assets, in addition to its monetary benefits.
The applied sciences coated comprise yield screens and distant sensing, and the main agronomic rules addressed are the optimum supply of fertilizers, water and insecticides to vegetation in simple terms while and the place those are required. therefore, it truly is proven that either nutrients creation and source potency may be maximized, with no waste or harm to the surroundings, comparable to can take place from over the top fertilizer or pesticide purposes. The authors of necessity describe a few technicalities approximately PA, however the total goal is to introduce readers who're unexpected with PA to this very huge topic and to illustrate the capability impression of PA at the setting and economy.
The e-book exhibits how farmers can position sustainability of our surroundings on the centre in their operations and that this is often more desirable with the applying of PA. the diversity of subject matters defined contains sampling and mapping, weed and pest keep an eye on, proximal and distant sensing, spatio-temporal research for making improvements to administration, administration zones and water administration. those are illustrated with case experiences on sampling and mapping, biofuels from sugar cane and maize, paddy rice cultivation, and cotton production.
Chapter three of this booklet is freely on hand as a downloadable Open entry PDF at http://www.tandfebooks.com/page/openaccess It has been made to be had below an inventive Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 3.0 license.
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