Precision Agriculture: Technology and Economic Perspectives

This book presents cases from different countries with a main focus on the perspectives of using precision farming in Europe.  Divided into 12 chapters it addresses some of the most recent developments and aspects of precision farming. The intention of this book is to provide an overview of some of...

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Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Pedersen, Søren Marcus (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Lind, Kim Martin (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
Σειρά:Progress in Precision Agriculture,
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Διαθέσιμο Online:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
  • Chapter 1 Precision Agriculture – from Mapping to Site-specific Application
  • 1.1. Introduction
  • 1.2 Current PF technologies
  • 1.3 Variable rate application
  • 1.4 Adoption of precision farming systems
  • 1.5 The aim and organisation of this book
  • 1.6 Summary and main findings
  • Chapter 2 Smart Farming Technologies – Description, Taxonomy, Economic Impact
  • 2.1. Precision Agriculture as a cyclic optimisation process
  • 2.2. Smart Farming Technologies Types
  • 2.3. Smart Farming Technologies Taxonomy
  • 2.4. Smart Farming Technologies economic impact
  • Chapter 3 Economic potential of site-specific fertiliser application and harvest management
  • 3.1. Introduction
  • 3.2. Framework for economic assessment
  • 3.3. Analysis of studies
  • 3.3.1 Site-specific nitrogen fertilization
  • 3.4 Site-specific management with respect to crop quality
  • 3.4.1 Site-specific nitrogen management with respect to protein concentration
  • 3.4.2 Site-specific harvest management (Grain segregation by protein concentration)
  • 3.5. Conclusions
  • Chapter 4 Economics of site specific and variable rate herbicide application
  • 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.2 Application technologies
  • 4.3 Planning and low dose DSS
  • 4.4 Weed Detection
  • 4.5 Conclusion
  • Chapter 5 The Economics and Perspectives of Site Specific Irrigation Management in Australia
  • 5.1. Introduction
  • 5.2. Irrigation and cotton growing in Australia
  • 5.3. Cotton Nutrition and Managing Nitrous Oxide Emissions
  • 5.4. Method of analysis
  • 5.5. Results
  • 5.6. Discussion
  • 5.7. Conclusions
  • Chapter 6 Auto-steering and Controlled Traffic Farming – Route planning and economics
  • 6.1 Introduction
  • 6.2 Route planning design
  • 6.3  Results
  • 6.4 Conclusion
  • Chapter 7 Profitability of controlled traffic in grass silage production
  • 7.1. Introduction
  • 7.2. Machinery system design
  • 7.3. Problem definition
  • 7.4. A model for economic evaluation of CTF
  • 7.5. Results
  • 7.6. Discussion
  • 7.7. Conclusions
  • Chapter 8 Robotic seeding – economic perspectives
  • 8.1 Introduction
  • 8.2 Economic performance
  • 8.3 Robotic system for crop seeding
  • 8.4 Economic assessment of early seeding and re-seeding with robots in sugar beet
  • 8.5 Early seeding
  • 8.6 Re-seeding
  • 8.7 Creating re-seeding maps with UAVs
  • 8.8 Results
  • 8.9 Sensitivity analysis
  • 8.10 Conclusions
  • Chapter 9 Future perspectives of Farm Management Information Systems
  • 9.1 Introduction to Farm Management Information Systems
  • 9.2 Farm management information systems functionalities and applications
  • 9.3 Costing functionalities of FMIS
  • 9.4 Adoption of FMIS
  • 9.5 Discussion and conclusions
  • Chapter 10 Sustainable intensification in crop farming – a case from Estonia
  • 10.1 Introduction
  • 10.2 Material and method
  • 10.3 Results
  • 10.4 Discussion
  • 10.5 Conclusion
  • Chapter 11 How to model the Adoption and Perception of Precision Agriculture Technologies
  • 11.1. Introduction
  • 11.2. Theoretical Models
  • 11.3. Behavioural models and their application in Agricultural Sciences
  • 11. 4. Discussions and conclusion
  • Chapter 12 Perspectives of Precision Agriculture in a Broader Policy Context
  • 12.1 Introduction
  • 12.2 PA and wider societal trends
  • 12.3 Policy trends in Europe
  • 12.4 Stakeholder involvement
  • 12.5 Opportunities for small and medium size companies
  • 12.6 Concluding remarks
  • Abbreviations and glossary
  • List of Authors
  • Index.