Drone Applications for Precision Agriculture and Paddy Field Management

Nobusuke Iwasaki, Naoki Ishitsuka, Toshihiro Sakamoto
ABSTRACT Drone-related technologies have evolved rapidly in recent years. Since the flight performance of consumer drones has improved and become cheaper, these technologies have been widely applied to agriculture studies. For instance, drone-based remote sensing has enabled the frequent...
Country: Japan Topic: Agricultural science policies
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Soil Nutrient Estimation and Mapping for Precision Farming of Paddy in Malaysia

Siti Noor Aliah Baharom, Theeba Manickam, Muhammad Zamir Abdul Rasid, Badril Hisham Abu Bakar, Jusnaini Muslimin, Mohd Zamri Khairi, Ramlan Ismail, Norziana Zin Zawawi
ABSTRACT In precision farming, collection of information on spatial and temporal soil variability at high sampling resolution is essential for making precision agronomic decision based on maps such as the one for location-specific fertilizer application. This is to ensure the farmer potential to...
Country: Malaysia Topic: Agricultural science policies
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Overview of Precision Agriculture with Focus on Rice Farming

Chia-Yu Lin, Su-Jein Chang, Ming-Hsin Lai, Hsiu-Ying Lu
ABSTRACT Precision agriculture is known as site-specific farming or sustainable-land-use low-input farming, which is used to reduce fertilized and chemical pesticides by variable-rate operating system. For the Asian and Pacific region, there are two problems concerning precision agriculture. One...
Country: Taiwan Topic: Agricultural science policies
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Precision Agriculture in Food Production: Nutrient Management

Pauline Chivenge, Sheetal Sharma
ABSTRACT Precision agriculture is increasingly becoming part of contemporary agriculture in smallholder farming systems in the developing world. It contributes to improving crop productivity and hence attainment of food security and improved income for the farmers, while reducing leakages to the...
Country: Others Topic: Agriculture
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The Current Technologies That Can Be Used for Smart Agriculture

Radhi M.Z.A, Abu Bakar B.
ABSTRACT Smart agriculture is used to enhance agricultural productivity, address agricultural-based issues, such as food demand, and make farms more connected and intelligent. The market value of smart agriculture worldwide is forecasted to reach around 26.76 billion U.S. dollars by 2020. Smart...
Country: Others Topic: Smart agriculture
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