Geospatial Technologies for Agriculture Case Studies from India /

• Main Authors: Raju, K. V. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Hegde, V. R. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Hegde, Satish A. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science,
• Subjects: Environmental management.; Agriculture.; Geographical information systems.; Environmental monitoring.; Environmental economics.; Environmental Management.; Geographical Information Systems/Cartography.; Monitoring/Environmental Analysis.; Environmental Economics.

This book uniquely presents accurate and up-to-date information related to crops in small and fragmented agricultural lands with mixed cropping patterns. The book involves research using remote sensing (RS), Global Positioning Systems (GPS) and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to develop crop in...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter1: Introduction
• Chapter2: Crop Area Statistics
• Chapter3: Procedure adopted in different States
• Chapter4: Theme of the Crop Inventory Experiment.-Chapter5: Development of a spatial reference (system) database
• Chapter6: Results of field inventory
• Chapter7: Reasons for non-cultivation
• Chapter8: Land Use
• Chapter9: Repetition in second year
• Chapter10: Kitchen Garden in Jarasingha
• Chapter11: Comparison of Area Statistics: Existing Practice v/s Geospatial Technology
• Chapter12: Conclusions and Recommendations
• Chapter13: SWOT analysis of Geospatial Technology
• Chapter14: Geospatial Technology Intervention-A best method for crop inventory
• Chapter15: Executive Summary.