Precision agriculture encompasses the gathering, analysis, and application of data to enhance farming practices by using different technologies to achieve specific goals (U.S. Government Accountability Office [GAO], 2024). The approach uses advanced tools to manage resources like fertilizer, water, and animal feed more efficiently. This helps farmers produce crops and raise animals more effectively. The following books cover the basics of precision agriculture.
Precision Agriculture Basics is geared at students, crop consultants, farmers, extension workers, and practitioners that are interested in practical applications of site-specific agricultural management.
Precision agriculture: Evolution, insights, and emerging trends
From the basic elements of agronomy to insights on reflectance and remote sensing indices, chapters use summary abstracts, case studies and real-world examples of implementing the tools of precision agriculture (PA) to demonstrate the latest advances.
Precision agriculture: Technology and economic perspective
This book presents cases from different countries with a main focus on the perspectives of using precision farming in Europe. The intention of this book is to provide an overview of some of the most promising technologies with precision agriculture from an economic point of view. Each chapter has been put together so that it can be read individually should the reader wish to focus on one particular topic.
Precision agriculture for grain production systems
Readers will gain an understanding of the magnitude, spatial scale and seasonality of measurable variability in soil attributes, plant growth and environmental conditions. They will be introduced to the role of sensing systems in measuring crop, soil and environment variability, and discover how this variability may have a significant impact on crop production systems.
Precision agriculture technology for crop farming
Introducing processes and applications based on a global scale, the book reveals how precision agriculture can be used in large-scale agriculture, community agriculture, and diversified farming. It includes site-specific information from a variety of information sources for planning, planting, growing, and harvesting agricultural crops.
For assistance with accessing the books, contact Sanja Gidakovic at gidakovic@ucmo.edu.
References
U.S. Government Accountability Office. (2024, January 31). Precision agriculture: Benefits and challenges for technology adoption and use. https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-24-105962
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