Precision Farming
Precision farming is an emerging, important hi-tech approach to agricultural practices which promises to revolutionise the sector of agriculture. This new technology enables farmers to create finely detained maps of forms that describe important characteristics, such as fertilizer requirements, by a specific location of the field. This book not only introduces the reader to the technology of precision farming, it presents, a broad overview of its concepts and the tools of this systems. It also closely studies the mobility of this option and considers economic, environmental and other considerations. With a comprehensive insight into the subject, the book should prove to be an interesting read to the reader. Contents Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Status of Precision Agriculture; Chapter 3: Precision Farming Technologies; Chapter 4: Understanding GIS; Chapter 5: Affordable Opportunities for Precision Farming; Chapter 6: Precision Agriculture and Environmental Quality; Chapter 7: Water Management for Precision Farming; Chapter 8: Point Sampling; Chapter 9: Soil Sampling for Precision Farming; Chapter 10: Remote Sensing and Precision Agriculture; Chapter 11: Economics of Precision Agriculture; Chapter 12: Small Sector Precision Farming; Chapter 13: Comprehensive Precision Farming; Chapter 14: Public Involvement in Precision Agriculture.
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Precision Farming
Precision farming is an emerging, important hi-tech approach to agricultural practices which promises to revolutionise the sector of agriculture. This new technology enables farmers to create finely detained maps of forms that describe important characteristics, such as fertilizer requirements, by a specific location of the field. This book not only introduces the reader to the technology of precision farming, it presents, a broad overview of its concepts and the tools of this systems. It also closely studies the mobility of this option and considers economic, environmental and other considerations. With a comprehensive insight into the subject, the book should prove to be an interesting read to the reader. Contents Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Status of Precision Agriculture; Chapter 3: Precision Farming Technologies; Chapter 4: Understanding GIS; Chapter 5: Affordable Opportunities for Precision Farming; Chapter 6: Precision Agriculture and Environmental Quality; Chapter 7: Water Management for Precision Farming; Chapter 8: Point Sampling; Chapter 9: Soil Sampling for Precision Farming; Chapter 10: Remote Sensing and Precision Agriculture; Chapter 11: Economics of Precision Agriculture; Chapter 12: Small Sector Precision Farming; Chapter 13: Comprehensive Precision Farming; Chapter 14: Public Involvement in Precision Agriculture.
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Precision Farming
Precision Farming
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Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9789351304661 |
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| Publisher: | Astral International Pvt. Ltd. |
| Publication date: | 01/01/2014 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| File size: | 5 MB |
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