Why we need precision agriculture?
- Journal of Applied Biotechnology & Bioengineering
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Waleed Fouad Abobatta
Abstract
Due to continuous food demand worldwide from the available natural resources, looking for different agricultural practice is very important to produce adequate food quantity to feeding humanity. Precision agriculture aims to adapt, modify, and promote agricultural practices to sustain production, and provide solutions to various problems that face farmers, by enhancing farmers’ awareness to deal with climate change, protect the environment, and increase profitability. Adoption of precision agriculture assists in producing enough food to feed humanity, fighting hunger, and providing other daily requirements, which represents the most prominent challenge for humanity.
Keywords
environment, food production, humanity, smart farming