食品加工および技術ジャーナル

概要

Precision Agriculture: Tomorrows Technology for Todays Farmer

Shakila Banu

Recent advances in communication technology and wireless sensor networks have paved way to new trends to emerge in agriculture sector. It is time now to exploit all the modern tools and techniques available by bringing together the aspects of information technology and agricultural science for improved economic and environmentally sustainable crop production. This promising new trend of precision agriculture and precision farming distinguishes itself from traditional agriculture by its level of management wherein instead of managing whole fields as a single unit, management is customized for small areas within fields. This goal is not new, but technologies now available allow the concept of precision agriculture to be realized in a practical production setting. This paper presents an overview on the precision technology transfer in agriculture sector, current status of precision farming and strategies for its implementation.