MSI01P3592 | |
Jhoty, I. Autrey, L. J. C. | |
Precision agriculture for sugar cane in Mauritius | |
24th ISSCT Congress, Brisbane, Australia, September 2001 | |
periodical article | |
2001 | |
Proc. int. Soc. Sug. Cane Technol. | |
24 (1): 47-50 | |
En | |
En Fr Es | |
Precision agriculture, embracing new information and communication technologies, offers the possibility for improving crop production through management of spatial variability leading to profitability and protection of the environment. While studies on precision agriculture for sugar cane were initiated elsewhere, a program was implemented in Mauritius to investigate its applicability and effectiveness in the sugar cane industry. Yield monitoring is a first approach to be followed by soil variability mapping. Preliminary results of spatial yield analyses have demonstrated that there is important within-block and temporal yield variation. Related information technology tools are already in use to promote precision agriculture within a total system. | |
Sugarcane Precision agriculture information technologies mechanization spatial variability yield monitoring Global positioning systems GPS precision agriculture Contour mapping irrigation ground control points geographic information systems | |
Mauritius | |
Sugarcane: Land use and management | |
Precision agriculture | |
2001-09-26 | |
En | |
LRD |