Highlights in precision agriculture

Abstract

Precision agriculture, which can be also called precision farming, may be defined as a management strategy that uses information and communication technologies (ICT) to bring data from multiple sources to bear on decisions associated with crop production. As the introduction of this new technological and industrial revolution proceeds, biotechnology, new materials and nanotechnology, Internet of things (IoT), and new energy technologies have been infiltrating rapidly into agriculture. Advanced manufacturing of agricultural equipment, agricultural big data, and agricultural robots are being adopted by the industry and are gradually being introduced to all fields of production agriculture. Smart agriculture, as the upgrade of precision agriculture is often called, has developed a strong momentum in terms of research, development, commercialization and adoption.