Precision agriculture: perspectives for the Mauritian sugar industry

Code (CO)	MSI99P3100
Author (AU)	Jhoty, I. Autrey, L. J. C.
Title - English (ET)	Precision agriculture: perspectives for the Mauritian sugar industry
Thesis-Parent title (TH)	Lalouette, J. A., Bachraz, D. Y.; Sakurdeep, N. (eds), Proceedings of the 3rd Annual Meeting of Agricultural Scientists, Réduit, Mauritius, 17-18 November 1998.
Document Type(DT)	Book chapter
Date of publication (DP)	1999
Publisher (PB)	Reduit, Food and Agricultural Research Council
Notes (NO)	Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of Agricultural Scientists, 17th-18th November 1998, Reduit, Mauritius%Available at www.uom.ac.mu/Faculty/FA/General_Information/AMAS98/Index.htm
Language of text (LT)	En
Language of summaries (LS)	En
Abstract (AB)	Precision agriculture, (precision farming or site-specific management), is a form of mechanized agriculture that relies upon satellite-based navigational technology to map spatial variability enabling a more judicious use of inputs and can provide the basis for improved yields and reduced costs of production. Devices such as the Global Positioning system (GPS) and yield-mapping systems, mounted on agricultural machinery, are used for data collection. Some applications of precision agriculture are described together with the characteristics of the hardware and software involved. An example of a sugar cane application in the Mauritian context is used to demonstrate how precision agriculture can lead to lower costs and decreased environmental impact.
Descriptors - English (DE)	PRECISION AGRICULTURE SUGAR INDUSTRY CARTOGRAPHY GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEMS GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Descriptors - Geographic (DG)	MAURITIUS
Sort Key 1(K1)	Precision agriculture
Date record entered (DA)	1998-12-10
Language of analysis (LA)	En
Processing status (PS)	LIST
MSIRI Staff (MS)	LRD