Precision Agriculture
Description
This book presents a clear and structured view of precision agriculture as a practical approach for climate-resilient and sustainable farming. It brings together the core ideas, tools, and practices that shape modern food production.
The first section introduces the core principles of precision agriculture, climate resilience, global food system challenges, and the digital technologies that enable data-driven farm decisions. Subsequent chapters examine key adaptation themes, including climate risk assessment, smart water management, soil health diagnostics, nutrient optimisation, and crop diversification. The mitigation section focuses on carbon management, precision livestock systems, renewable energy integration, and targeted approaches that reduce chemical inputs.
This book serves as a useful reading resource for students, researchers, agronomists, policymakers, extension workers, development practitioners, and anyone interested in practical and technology-enabled pathways for sustainable farming in a changing climate.
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Person
Mukhtar Ahmed is a distinguished agricultural scientist, researcher, and academician with expertise in climate change impacts on agriculture, crop physiology, cropping systems, precision agriculture, and sustainable farming systems. He has been actively involved in teaching, research, and scientific collaboration since 2005 and has extensive international research experience from leading universities and research institutions in Australia, Europe, and the United States.
Dr. Ahmed's research focuses on climate-smart agriculture, agroecosystem modeling, rain-fed ecosystem management, crop adaptation to climate variability, nutrient use efficiency, forage agronomy, and data-driven agricultural technologies. His work also includes precision agriculture, remote sensing, GIS applications, crop simulation modeling, and sustainable resource management for resilient farming systems.
He has published a large number of research papers in internationally recognized scientific journals and has contributed significantly to global research initiatives related to climate change adaptation and agricultural sustainability. His scientific contributions have received international recognition, and he was ranked among the world's top 2% scientists in 2024 based on global research impact assessments. He has also received several awards for research productivity, scientific reviewing, and academic excellence.
Dr. Ahmed is actively involved in international scientific collaborations and serves in various research and professional capacities related to agricultural systems modeling and climate resilience. He is associated with global research networks working on crop modeling, evapotranspiration studies, and sustainable agricultural development. His work continues to support innovation, policy development, and the advancement of precision and climate-resilient agriculture worldwide.
Content
1. Basic Terminologies in Precision Agriculture.- 2. Introduction to Precision Agriculture and Climate Resilience.- 3. Machine Learning Approaches for Crop Phenology Prediction under Climate Change.- 4. Digital and Affordable Phenotyping for Climate-Resilient Crop Improvement: Integrating Sensors, AI, and Genomics.- 5. Technologies Driving Precision Agriculture: IoT, GIS, AI, and Remote Sensing.- 6. Climate Risk Assessment and Early Warning Systems.- 7. Intelligent System for Early Detection of Locust Infestations in Sustainable Precision Agriculture.- 8. Data-Driven Precision Irrigation and Smart Water Management Using Machine Learning Approaches.- 9. Design and Implementation of VOCOSPRAY: A Smart Irrigation System Integrating Voice Control, Remote Monitoring, and Data Analytics.- 10. Soil Health Monitoring and Nutrient Optimization.- 11. Crop Diversification and Varietal Adaptation through Data-Driven Planning.- 12. Climate-Resilient Crop Varieties through Genomic Selection and Data-Driven Breeding.- 13. Carbon Sequestration, Soil Organic Matter and Remote Sensing Tools.- 14. Recent Advances in Climate-Smart Crop Residue Management.- 15. Precision Livestock Systems and Methane Reduction.- 16. Integration of Renewable Energy in Precision Farming Operations.- 17. Reducing Chemical Inputs through Precision-Based Integrated Pest Management.- 18. Next Generation Green Technology for Sustainable Agriculture.- 19. AI and Machine Learning in Precision Agriculture: Advancing Sustainable and Climate Smart Agriculture.- 20. Education, Training, and Capacity Building for Climate-Smart Precision Farming.- 21. Policy Instruments, Financing Mechanisms, and Insurance Innovations in Precision Agriculture and Climate Resilience.- 22. Community Participation, Gender Inclusion, and Local Innovation in Precision Agriculture.- 23. Artificial Intelligence and Digital Phenotyping for Sustainable Crop Improvement.- 24. Precision Agriculture in Smallholder and Marginal Farming Contexts.- 25. Data-Driven Optimization of Solar-Biomass Hybrid Drying Systems for Smallholder Farmers.- 26. Drone (UAV) Technology in Precision Agriculture.- 27. Scaling Up: Public-Private Partnerships and Innovation Ecosystems in Precision Agriculture.- 28. Future Perspectives: Emerging Technologies and Research Directions in Data-Driven Precision Agriculture.- 29. Agroecology and Climate-Smart Agriculture: Convergence with Digital Farming.- 30. Precision Agriculture - Data-Driven Strategies for Sustainable Farming Systems.