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Components of Precision Agriculture

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Precision agriculture (PA) or precision farming (PF) has witnessed unprecedented growth in the last decade, especially in countries such as the United States, Germany, Canada, and others. While the rest of the world has been relatively slow in embracing precision agricultural practices, the change is coming. The chapter discusses different components of precision agriculture.

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  1. Division of Agronomy, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India

    Latief Ahmad & Syed Sheraz Mahdi

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Ahmad, L., Mahdi, S.S. (2018). Components of Precision Agriculture. In: Satellite Farming. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03448-1_2

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