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Precision agriculture for sugar cane in Mauritius
Code (CO)MSI01P3592
Author (AU)Jhoty, I.
Autrey, L. J. C.
Title - English (ET)Precision agriculture for sugar cane in Mauritius
Meeting (MT)24th ISSCT Congress, Brisbane, Australia, September 2001
Document Type(DT)periodical article
Date of publication (DP)2001
Series (SE)Proc. int. Soc. Sug. Cane Technol.
Source (SO)24 (1): 47-50
Language of text (LT)En
Language of summaries (LS)En
Fr
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Abstract (AB)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.
Descriptors - English (DE)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
Descriptors - Geographic (DG)Mauritius
Sort Key 1(K1)Sugarcane: Land use and management
Sort Key 2 (K2)Precision agriculture
Date record entered (DA)2001-09-26
Language of analysis (LA)En
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