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P. NAVEEN PRASATH
I Ph.D. Agronomy
Precision Farming
Precision Farming
Definition
Precision Farming or Precision Agriculture is generally defined as
information and technology based farm management system to identify, analyse
and manage spatial and temporal variability within fields for optimum
productivity and profitability, sustainability and protection of the land resources by
minimizing the production costs.
Concept of Precision Farming
“doing the right thing, at the right time, in the right place,
in the right way”
Agronomical perspective
Use agronomical practices by looking at specific requirements of crop
Technical perspective
allows efficient time management
Environmental perspective
eco-friendly practices in crop
Economical perspective
increases crop yield, quality and reduces cost of production by efficient use of
farm inputs, labour, water etc
Basic steps in Precision farming
Consideration in Precision Farming
Methods of Precision Farming
S.No Parameters Map based Sensor based
1 Methodology Grid sample, VRA Real time sensors
2 GPS Very much required Not necessary
3 Lab analysis Required Not required
4 Mapping Required May not required
5 Time consumption More Less
6 Limitations Cost of soil testing and Lack of sufficient sensors for
analyses limits the usage getting crop and soil
information
7 Operation Difficult Easy
8 Skills Required Required
9 Sampling Unit 2 to 3 acres Individual spot
10 Relevance Developing countries Developed countries
It is a set of 24 satellites in the Earth orbit. It sends out radio signals that can
be processed by a ground receiver to determine the geographic position on earth.
This information is provided in real time, meaning that continuous positioning
information provided while in motion.
Geographic Information System (GIS)
It is a method of breaking a field into grids. Sampling soil within the grids is
useful to determine the appropriate rate of application of fertilizers. Several
samples are taken from each grid, mixed and sent to the laboratory for analysis
Soil samples may be collected for the (a) whole field, (b) on a consistently
spaced grid or (c) by management zones (Jarrod ottis miller, 2017)
Variable Rate Technology (VRT)
Yield maps are produced by processing data from adapted combine harvester
that is equipped with a GPS, i.e. integrated with a yield recording system. Yield
mapping involves the recording of the grain flow through the combine harvester,
while recording the actual location in the field at the same time.
A maize yield map with red indicating areas of low yield, yellow
and orange of intermediate yield and green of high yield
(Joubert, 2012)
Remote Sensors
These are generally categories of aerial or satellite sensors. They can indicate
variations in the colours of the field that corresponds to changes in soil type, crop
development, field boundaries, roads, water, etc. Arial and satellite imagery can be
processed to provide vegetative indices, which reflect the health of the plant.
Rice lodging assessment through UAV and remote sensing technology.
(Source from Yang et al., 2017)
Evaluation of protein content based on satellite remote sensing
(Nobusuke Iwasaki et al., 2016 )
Example of nitrogen content based on drone remote sensing (inoue and
yokoyama, 2017)
Proximate Sensors
These sensors can be used to measure soil parameters such as N status and
soil pH and crop properties as the sensor attached tractor or drones passes over the
field.
Green seeker senor Yara N sensor
Water resources will be utilized It may take several years to collect the
efficiently under the precision farming sufficient data to fully implement the
system
GPS allows agricultural fields to be It is an extremely difficult task
survived with ease. Moreover, the yield particularly the collection and analysis
and soil characteristics can also be the data
mapped
Non-uniform fields can be subdivided
into small plots based on their unique
requirements
Traditional vs Precision Farming
Chlorophyll meter
Geophinex
Definition
Defined by FAO, are a “collection of principles to apply for on-farm
production and post production processes, resulting in safe and healthy food and
non-food agricultural products, while taking into account economic, social and
environmental sustainability.”
Principles
Food Safety
Environment Protection
Occupational Health, Safety and Welfare
Animal Welfare (where applicable)
Reducing the inappropriate use of chemicals
Objectives
Precision farming provides a new solution using a systems approach for today's
agricultural issues such as the need to balance productivity with environmental
concerns. It is based on advanced information technology
To meet out the global demand for food precision farming technologies were
initiated.
In parallel, Good Agricultural Practices approach is also important in applying
available knowledge to addressing environmental, economic and social
sustainability, resulting in safe and quality food products.
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