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Economic Performance of Precision Agriculture Technologies

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Introduction

In the last decades, research, innovations, and commercial development have taken place within the area of Precision Agriculture (PA). By using Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) mounted on tractors and combine harvesters, a given farm vehicle can enable the farmer to perform either precise auto-steering or site-specific treatment of nutrients and pesticides spatially within the field. PA can thereby potentially improve resource use and reduce negative environmental impacts of crop production. In principle, PA management acknowledges that soil, crop, and microclimate conditions as well as previous management decisions vary in space and time. Given this variability, operational decisions should also be specific to place and time instead of field uniform and determined in advance (Pedersen 2003).

To perform PA, a GNSS receiver commonly named global positioning system (GPS) and Geographic Information System (GIS) software is required. Several systems are available on...

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Pedersen, S.M. (2023). Economic Performance of Precision Agriculture Technologies. In: Zhang, Q. (eds) Encyclopedia of Smart Agriculture Technologies. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-89123-7_203-2

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