Description
Sensors, satellite photography, and multispectral imaging are associated with futuristic space and communications science. Increasingly, however, they are considered part of the future of agriculture. The use of advanced technologies for crop production is known as precision agriculture, and its rapid emergence means the potential for revolutionary change throughout the agricultural sector.
Precision Agriculture in the 21st Century provides an overview of the specific technologies and practices under the umbrella of precision agriculture, exploring the full implications of their adoption by farmers and agricultural managers. The volume discusses how precision agriculture could dramatically affect decisionmaking in irrigation, crop selection, pest management, environmental issues, and pricing and market conditions. It also examines the geographical dimensions--farm, regional, national--of precision agriculture and looks at how quickly and how widely the agricultural community can be expected to adopt the new information technologies.
Precision Agriculture in the 21st Century highlights both the uncertainties and the exciting possibilities of this emerging approach to farming. This book will be important to anyone concerned about the future of agriculture: policymakers, regulators, scientists, farmers, educators, students, and suppliers to the agricultural industry.
Reviews
"Overviews technologies and practices of precision agriculture (the use of technologies such as sensors, satellite photography, and multispectral imaging in crop production) and explores the implications of their adoption by farmers and agricultural managers. Discusses how precision agriculture could affect decision making in irrigation, crop selection, pest management, environmental issues, and pricing and market conditions, and examines farm, regional, and national dimensions of precision agriculture, looking at the potential impact of new technologies on rural communities. Of interest to policy makers, regulators, farmers, scientists, educators, students, and suppliers to the agricultural industry." Book News, Inc.
