Del 0 - Progress in Precision Agriculture

Precision Agriculture: Technology and Economic Perspectives

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

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This book presents cases from different countries with a main focus on the perspectives of using precision farming in Europe. Precision Farming as a farm technology benefits from large-scale advantages due to relatively high investment costs and is primarily adopted on farms with medium to large field areas.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2018-09-06
Mått155 x 235 x 15 mm
Vikt493 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieProgress in Precision Agriculture
Antal sidor276
FörlagSpringer International Publishing AG
ISBN9783319886442

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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 segregationby 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.