Aakash Mishra1, Pawan Kumar Pant2, Pallvi Bhatt3, Padam Singh* and Poonam Gangola4
1Department of Soil Science & Ag. Chemistry, BACA, AAU, Anand, Gujarat- 388 110
2Soil and Land Use Survey of India, Department of Agriculture Cooperation &Farmers Welfare,
New Delhi, 110 012
3Department of Soil Science, G.B.P.U.A. & T., Pantnagar, U.S. Nagar, Uttarakhand,263 145
4College of Forestry, Ranichauri, Veer Chandra Singh Garhwali Uttarakhand University of Horticulture and Forestry, Tehri- Garhwal- 2491199
Email: aks_soil85@rediffmail.com
Received-05.02.2019, Revised-26.02.2019
Abstract: To maximize the productivity from the limited natural resources on a sustainable manner, the only way left is to increase the resource input use efficiency. It is also certain that even in developing countries, availability of labour for agricultural activities is going to be in short supply in future. The time has now arrived to exploit all the modern tools available by bringing information technology and agricultural science together for improved economic and environmentally sustainable crop production. In this context, Precision agriculture merges the new technologies borne of the information age with a mature agricultural industry. It is an integrated crop management system that attempts to match the kind and amount of inputs with the actual crop needs for small areas within a farm field. This goal is not new, but new technologies now available, allow the concept of precision agriculture to be realized in a practical production setting.
Keywords: Management, Precision agriculture, Soil system
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