The role of climate data in precision agriculture
First things first; Are you familiar enough with precision agriculture? Precision agriculture (farming) is a new definition in the field. Nowadays, the concern of increasing the yield of agricultural lands per unit area has led humans to use new methods in farm management, methods that will lead to optimizing input utilization, improving crop quality, improving […]
Satellite-based monitoring of irrigation water use
Agriculture is the main sectoral user of freshwater worldwide, currently accounting for 70 percent of all freshwater withdrawals globally (and an even higher share of “consumptive water use” due to the evapotranspiration of crops), so how do we control the numbers and make agriculture more sustainable? Population grows, so does the needs? Food supply chain […]