Precision Agriculture
A special issue of Agriculture (ISSN 2077-0472).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 December 2018) | Viewed by 90476
Special Issue Editors
Interests: precision agriculture; remote sensing; digital soil mapping; spatial data analysis; site-specific crop management
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Interests: precision agriculture; decision support systems; data analysis; geostatistics; sensors and monitoring; sampling in agriculture
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Precision Agriculture (PA), also referred to as Precision Farming or Smart Agriculture, is a relatively recent farming management concept based on the use of information technology with the aim of obtaining higher production efficiency, sustainable profitability and better quality products, while minimizing environmental impacts. PA uses a combination of technological advances, such as crop and soil sensors, satellite navigation and positioning technology, remote sensing, variable-rate application machinery and the Internet of Things, among other. On the other hand, in order to take site-specific crop management decisions, PA uses methods to process and analyse data to know the magnitude and spatiotemporal patterns of crop variability. Making the right decision at the right time to apply the right amount of inputs is an important issue because productivity, economic benefit and sustainability are dependent on proper farm management. PA has a big potential and can make a significant contribution to food production, security and safety but, although PA technologies are already widely available, their level of implementation is still low. Nevertheless, influential work practices and new farming business models are on the rise as application of precision farming concepts.
This Special Issue intends to cover the state-of-the-art and recent progress in different aspects related to the real implementation of Precision Agriculture in a wide range of cropping systems (grain crops, grassland, horticultural crops, fruit trees). All types of manuscripts (original research and reviews) providing new insights in the application and benefits of Precision Agriculture methods and technology are welcome. Articles may include, but are not limited to, the following topics:
- Spatial analysis and zoning of within-field an on-farm variability
- Proximal and remote sensing of soils and crops
- Sampling and geostatistical analysis
- Wireless sensor networks, Internet of Things, big data in PA
- Variable-Rate Technologies
- Precision irrigation
- Ag-engineering and robotics
- Precision crop protection
- Nitrogen sensing and management
- Crop models and decision support systems in PA
- Real implementation and effectiveness of PA (economical and/or environmental)
Prof. José Antonio Martínez-Casasnovas
Dr. Jaume Arnó Satorra
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Precision agriculture
- Precision farming
- Spatial analysis
- Remote sensing
- Proximal sensing
- Variable-Rate Technology
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