Sentences with phrase «as precision agriculture»
He added: «New techniques such as precision agriculture (PA) offer the possibility of targeted applications of chemicals: for example, robots could give doses of herbicide at the level of individual plants.
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The company could be in a great position to capitalize on the pending upswing with its latest high - performance products, which are finding increased traction in applications such as precision agriculture and wind turbines.
Willemse was a pioneer in what's now known as precision agriculture, and which may be the biggest advance in farming since tractors replaced horses.
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In addition, Rovira explains that a collateral effect, but positive for Europe, is the attractiveness of the application of new technologies in the field - robotics, precision agriculture and information technologies - for young farmers, «as the high average age of farmers is a recurring matter of concern in industrialised countries.»
«The really clear thing is the importance of precision agriculture, in which agrochemicals are used as efficiently as possible, with as little runoff as possible.»
Methods such as accurate water measurement and soil moisture monitoring, laser - leveling fields, using conservation tillage to retain soil moisture, switching to low energy precision application sprinklers, lining canals, and employing subsurface drip irrigation where possible could save upwards of 40 percent of agriculture's water use while improving crop yields and saving energy.
Better efficiencies have been achieved in multiple ways, ranging from the use of precision agriculture technology to optimally timed fertilizer additions and crop demand, to comparatively low - tech solutions such as the use of cover crops that reduce nutrient losses.
There is a lot of competition in areas such as real estate and videography, but not a great deal of competition in the more data - heavy applications like inspection, point - cloud mapping, high - precision mapping and agriculture, said Harris.