03163namaa2200601uu 4500001001000000003000600010005001700016006001900033007001500052008004100067020001800108020001800126024003100144040001700175041000800192042000700200072001600207072001600223072001600239720002600255245007400281260002700355300003100382336002600413337002600439338003600465490003500501506005100536520140000587540006301987546001202050650002802062650004402090650003602134653001602170653001202186653001102198653001202209653000902221653001102230653001202241653000902253653001502262653001302277720002402290720002402314720002302338720002302361720002602384793001802410856011602428999001702544doab31294oapen20260305123943.0m     o  d        cr|mn|---annan210210s2013    xx |||||o     ||| 0|eng d  a9780203128329  a97802031283297 a10.4324/97802031283292doi  aoapencoapen0 aeng  adc 7aRNC2bicssc 7aRNK2bicssc 7aTVF2bicssc1 aOliver, Margaret4edt00aPrecision Agriculture for Sustainability and Environmental Protection  bTaylor & Francisc2013  a1 online resource (304 p.)  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier1 aEarthscan Food and Agriculture0 aFree-to-readfUnrestricted online access2star  aPrecision agriculture (PA) involves the application of technologies and agronomic principles to manage spatial and temporal variation associated with all aspects of agricultural production in order to improve crop performance and environmental quality. The focus of this book is to introduce a non-specialist audience to the the role of PA in food security, environmental protection, and sustainable use of natural resources, as well as its economic benefits. The technologies covered include yield monitors and remote sensing, and the key agronomic principles addressed are the optimal delivery of fertilizers, water and pesticides to crops only when and where these are required. As a result, it is shown that both food production and resource efficiency can be maximized, without waste or damage to the environment, such as can occur from excessive fertilizer or pesticide applications. The authors of necessity describe some technicalities about PA, but the overall aim is to introduce readers who are unfamiliar with PA to this very broad subject and to demonstrate the potential impact of PA on the environment and economy. Chapter 3 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 3.0 license. https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/tandfbis/rt-files/docs/Open+Access+Chapters/9780415504409_oaChapter_3.pdf  aAll rights reserveduhttp://oapen.org/content/about-rights  aEnglish 7aApplied ecology2bicssc 7aConservation of the environment2bicssc 7aSustainable agriculture2bicssc  aapplication  afarming  amatter  aorganic  arate  aremote  asensing  asoil  atechnology  avariable1 aBishop, Thomas4edt1 aBishop, Thomas4oth1 aMarchant, Ben4edt1 aMarchant, Ben4oth1 aOliver, Margaret4oth0 aDOAB Library.40uhttps://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/3129470zFree-to-read: DOAB: description of the publication  c92487d92487