Agricultural science policies

New Model of Agrobased Technology Transfer from Government Research Institutions to Private Firms in Malaysia

Rozhan Abu Dardak, Khairul Akmaliah Adham
ABSTRACT Technology transfer apparently becomes one of the major aspects of research and development in the government research institutions (GRI) in Malaysia. Technology transfer is a two-way interaction between GRI and private firms. Technologies are transferred from GRI to private firms...
Country: Malaysia Topic: Agricultural science policiesAgricultural biotechnology
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Development of Web-Based Decision Support System for Paddy Planting Management in Tanjung Karang, Malaysia

C. Y. N. Norasma, A. R. M. Shariff
ABSTRACT Precision farming or precision agriculture is a holistic system to manage the agriculture by integrating several technologies to monitor the field in an accurate way. It is also known as 3R, right Input, right location and right time. Rice has been planted widely in Malaysia. It is a...
Country: Malaysia 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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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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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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