Precision Agriculture for Crop and Livestock Farming—Brief Review
In the last few decades, agriculture has played an important role in the worldwide economy. The need to produce more food for a rapidly growing population is creating pressure on crop and animal production and a negative impact to the environment. On the other hand, smart farming technologies are be...
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| description | In the last few decades, agriculture has played an important role in the worldwide economy. The need to produce more food for a rapidly growing population is creating pressure on crop and animal production and a negative impact to the environment. On the other hand, smart farming technologies are becoming increasingly common in modern agriculture to assist in optimizing agricultural and livestock production and minimizing the wastes and costs. Precision agriculture (PA) is a technology-enabled, data-driven approach to farming management that observes, measures, and analyzes the needs of individual fields and crops. Precision livestock farming (PLF), relying on the automatic monitoring of individual animals, is used for animal growth, milk production, and the detection of diseases as well as to monitor animal behavior and their physical environment, among others. This study aims to briefly review recent scientific and technological trends in PA and their application in crop and livestock farming, serving as a simple research guide for the researcher and farmer in the application of technology to agriculture. The development and operation of PA applications involve several steps and techniques that need to be investigated further to make the developed systems accurate and implementable in commercial environments. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ffee1ae030ea41ab923a5af09dc7eacf2023-11-22T06:30:47ZengMDPI AGAnimals2076-26152021-08-01118234510.3390/ani11082345Precision Agriculture for Crop and Livestock Farming—Brief ReviewAntónio Monteiro0Sérgio Santos1Pedro Gonçalves2Agrarian Superior School, Polytechnic Institute of Viseu, Quinta da Alagoa, 3500-606 Viseu, PortugalAgrarian Superior School, Polytechnic Institute of Viseu, Quinta da Alagoa, 3500-606 Viseu, PortugalEscola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão de Águeda and Instituto de Telecomunicações, Campus Universitário de Santiago, Universidade de Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, PortugalIn the last few decades, agriculture has played an important role in the worldwide economy. The need to produce more food for a rapidly growing population is creating pressure on crop and animal production and a negative impact to the environment. On the other hand, smart farming technologies are becoming increasingly common in modern agriculture to assist in optimizing agricultural and livestock production and minimizing the wastes and costs. Precision agriculture (PA) is a technology-enabled, data-driven approach to farming management that observes, measures, and analyzes the needs of individual fields and crops. Precision livestock farming (PLF), relying on the automatic monitoring of individual animals, is used for animal growth, milk production, and the detection of diseases as well as to monitor animal behavior and their physical environment, among others. This study aims to briefly review recent scientific and technological trends in PA and their application in crop and livestock farming, serving as a simple research guide for the researcher and farmer in the application of technology to agriculture. The development and operation of PA applications involve several steps and techniques that need to be investigated further to make the developed systems accurate and implementable in commercial environments.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/11/8/2345crop and animal productionsmart farming technologiesprecision agricultureprecision livestock farmingtrends |
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| title | Precision Agriculture for Crop and Livestock Farming—Brief Review |
| title_full | Precision Agriculture for Crop and Livestock Farming—Brief Review |
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| title_short | Precision Agriculture for Crop and Livestock Farming—Brief Review |
| title_sort | precision agriculture for crop and livestock farming brief review |
| topic | crop and animal production smart farming technologies precision agriculture precision livestock farming trends |
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