Smart agriculture

Saving Fertilizer in Malaysia's Large-Scale Paddy Production through Precision Farming

Abu Bakar B., Mohd Syaifudin Abdul Rahman, Hairazi Rahim, M.N.F. Abd. Rani, M.S.S. Ghazali, M. A. Mohd. Bookeri, Mohd Taufik Ahmad, C.C. Teoh, Ahmad Safuan Bujang, M.Z.K. Abdullah, Ramlan Ismail
ABSTRACT This work reports the development of a precision farming technology package by the Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (MARDI) and the willingness of Malaysian farmers to adopt to the technology.  Specifically, this work touches on the efforts to reduce...
Country: Malaysia Topic: Smart agriculture
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Climate-Smart Agriculture Initiatives in the Philippines

Fe B. Perlas
ABSTRACT Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) is an approach that helps to guide actions needed to transform and reorient agricultural systems to effectively support development and ensure food security in a changing climate. CSA aims to tackle three main objectives: sustainably increasing...
Country: Philippines Topic: Smart agriculture
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Smart Platform for Precision Agriculture in Thailand

Tanee Sreewongcha, Sutkhet Nakasathien
ABSTRACT A SMART platform is a farming management system that monitors the variations of crop, environment and farmer practices in each farm upon a combination of satellite or drone images, sensor technologies, mobile applications, positioning technology, and the Internet of Things. The SMART...
Country: Thailand Topic: Smart 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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Precision Dairy Opportunities and Challenges

Jeffrey Bewley
INTRODUCTION Across the globe, the trend toward fewer, larger dairy operations continues.  Dairy operations today are characterized by narrower profit margins than in the past, largely because of reduced governmental involvement in regulating agricultural commodity prices.  Consequently...
Country: Others Topic: Smart agriculture
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