Precision agriculture and food security.
Precision agriculture comprises a set of technologies that combines sensors, information systems, enhanced machinery, and informed management to optimize production by accounting for variability and uncertainties within agricultural systems. Adapting production inputs site-specifically within a field and individually for each animal allows better use of resources to maintain the quality of the environment while improving the sustainability of the food supply. Precision agriculture provides a means to monitor the food production chain and manage both the quantity and quality of agricultural produce.
Department of Agricultural Engineering, Leibniz-Institute for Agricultural Engineering (ATB), Max-Eyth-Allee 100, D-14469 Potsdam, Germany. rgebbers@atb-potsdam.de
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Viacheslav I
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D000383:Agriculture / Q000379:methods*; D000822:Animal Husbandry / Q000379:methods*; D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic; D001331:Automation; D018556:Crops, Agricultural / Q000254:growth & development; D005523:Food Supply; D012987:Soil
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