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Precision
farming include precise micro-management of every step of the
farming process. Technically, one important aspect of the
development of precision farming concepts is the development of
the hardware and software necessary to vary the rate of the
application of agricultural inputs. A number of research
projects have been conducted in advances countries in this area,
and several companies have been developing variable rate
application equipment in recent years.
Till now we have not used this technique in our country. India
has remained as one of the largest contributor of rice, cotton
and wheat. However, these crops have also resulted in the
fragile eco-system characterized in terms of increased pests and
crop diseases, depletion of natural resources particularly
ground water and overall living environment. |
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Proper
monitoring and modeling of weather parameters can help in
forecasting the disease and pest outbreak for taking management
action in advance. Similarly, soil moisture monitoring at
spatial scale in contrast to traditional point based measurement
can also lead towards proper amount of water utilization thereby
checking the large scale depletion of ground water.
Fundamentally, Precision Agriculture aims at a dis-aggregated
micro-level farm management strategy with intense information
inputs addressing the variations of soils, crops, water,
chemicals etc. Taking into the present state of Agriculture in
the country, Precision Agriculture is absolutely essential in
order to address poverty alleviation and food security to a very
large cross-section of the population.
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