Precision Farming is an emerging, important hi-tech approach to agricultural practices which promises to revolutionise the sector of agriculture. This new technology enables farmers to create finely detained maps of forms that describe important characteristics, such as fertilizer requirements, by a specific location of the field. This book not only introduces the reader to the technology of precision farming, it presents, a broad overview of its concepts and the tools of this systems. It also closely studies the mobility of this option and considers economic, environmental and other considerations. With a comprehensive insight into the subject, the book should prove to be an interesting read to the reader.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Premjit Sharma
Premjit Sharma is having more than fifteen years of teaching and research experience mainly on cropping systems and soil fertility. Throughout his career, he has been associated with a number of educational and research institutes. He has published a number of research articles in reputed journals. His areas of interest include agriculture, agricultural economics, agricultural business management, natural resource m augment and sustainable development. He has been associated with a dozen of UG and PG Courses in the discipline of agriculture and is the chairman of advisory committee of M.Sc. and Ph.D. students. Apart from being an active and dedicated teacher, he has also been committed in research and running projects funded by the eminent bodies.
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