Precision farming is an emerging, important hi-tech approach to agricultural
practices which promises to revolutionise the sector of agriculture. This new
technology enables farmers to create finely detained maps of forms that describe
important characteristics, such as fertilizer requirements, by a specific
location of the field. This book not only introduces the reader to the
technology of precision farming, it presents, a broad overview of its concepts
and the tools of this systems. It also closely studies the mobility of this
option and considers economic, environmental and other considerations. With a
comprehensive insight into the subject, the book should prove to be an
interesting read to the reader.