PRECISION AGRICULTURE, WHOLE FIELD FARMING AND IRRIGATION PRACTICES: A FINANCIAL RISK ANALYSIS [PDF]
One of the main advantages of precision agriculture (PA) is its potential to increase profitability by optimizing the productivity of each section of the field. Incorporating irrigation practices to the PA technology could further increase profitability.
Dillon, Carl R., Gandonou, Jean-Marc
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Measuring very negative water potentials with polymer tensiometers: principles, performance and applications [PDF]
, 2009 In recent years, a polymer tensiometer (POT) was developed and tested to directly measure matric potentials in dry soils. By extending the measurement range to wilting point (a 20-fold increase compared to conventional, water-filled tensiometers), a ...
Bakker, G. +7 more
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Fog-IoPM: Fog computing for Internet of Plants data management
Scientific AfricanTraditional irrigation methods often rely on static schedules, which limits adaptability to dynamic growing conditions. Current Internet of Things (IoT) and fog based irrigation systems encounter challenges, such as network interruptions, high latency ...
Yassine Boukhali +2 more
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Promoting precision surface irrigation through hydrodynamic modelling and microtopographic survey
Agricultural Water ManagementPrecision irrigation aims to deliver water and nutrients to crops at exactly the right time, in the right place and in the right amount. While surface irrigation is often perceived as less precise, accurate water distribution, wise use of resources and ...
Carmelina Costanzo +6 more
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A DYNAMIC ANALYSIS OF WATER SAVINGS FROM ADVANCED IRRIGATION TECHNOLOGY [PDF]
A computerized grain sorghum plant growth model is combined with recursive programming to analyze the potential irrigation water savings from adopting irrigation scheduling and low pressure center pivot irrigation technology.
Hornbaker, Robert H. +1 more
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Improved efficiency of nutrient and water use for high quality field vegetable production using fertigation [PDF]
, 2010 Drip-based fertigation may improve the application efficiency of water and nutrients while maintaining or improving marketable yield and quality at harvest and post-harvest.
Hilton, Howard W. +3 more
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PRECISION IRRIGATION WITH SENSOR-GRID FOR DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM [PDF]
Precision irrigation is the new generation irrigation systems that have tremendous potential to improve water control. This paper presents decision support system for precision irrigation in which sensor-grid technology is used to assist irrigation ...
Moyo, Egy Wisnu +3 more
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PRECISION AGRICULTURE, WHOLE FIELD FARMING AND IRRIGATION PRACTICES: A PRODUCTION RISK ANALYSIS [PDF]
One of the potential management practices of precision agriculture (PA) is the capability of varying input application rate across a field. A potential benefit of that practice is the reduction in yield variability.
Dillon, Carl R. +3 more
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Precision Irrigation Guide for Center Pivots
, 2022 This factsheet discusses the different variable rate irrigation (VRI) options for center pivots, when they might reduce water use and energy, produce higher crop yields, and when it might be unreasonable to expect these kinds of benefits.
Flint, Elisa +5 more
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SIMULTANEOUS ESTIMATION OF TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION AND LAND ALLOCATION [PDF]
The paper considers the econometric modeling of technology adoption when crop choice is simultaneous. Bivariate probit is used to estimate a model of irrigation technology choice and land allocation using a unique field-level data set from California's ...
Moreno, Georgina, Sunding, David L.
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