Precision agriculture (PA) is an approach to farm management that uses information technology (IT) to ensure that the crops and soil receive exactly what they need for optimum health and productivity. The goal of PA is to ensure profitability, sustainability and protection of the environment. PA is also known as satellite agriculture, as-needed farming and site-specific crop management (SSCM).

1. ADOPTION OF PRECISION
FARMING TECHNOLOGIES IN
PAKISTAN
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2. Precision Agriculture
PA is an approach to farm management that
uses information technology (IT) to ensure that
the crops and soil receive exactly what they
need for optimum health and productivity.

3. Fundamental tools for implementing
precision agriculture
•Global Positioning Systems (GPS)
•Geographic Information System (GIS)
•Remote sensing
◦ Aerial photography
◦ Satellite and airborne hyper-spectral imagery
◦ Radiometric and geophysical sensing
•Yield monitors
•Variable-rate technologies
•Proximal soil sensors
◦ Electromagnetic induction
◦ Visible-near infrared spectroscopy

4. Data Collection Tools for PA
Combine harvesters (by employing yield monitors)
Satellites and airplanes
Tractor (equipped with GPS and proximal soil sensors, i.e. Green
seeker)
 Field vehicles (for employing sensors)
 Handheld and stationary sensors
Portable handheld chlorophyll meters can be used to map
nitrogen
Portable pH
Handheld biomass sensors
Image analysis can be used to identify weeds in crops

5. GIS…the management center for GPS
collected data...
Base map
Site specific data
Layers

6. Mapping the Soil...
Soil sampling
Method
Accuracy
Result

7. Controlling Weeds...
Weed locating
Accuracy
Result

8. Accurate Planting...
Performance
Planning
Planting

9. Creating Yield Maps...
Harvesting
Yield Monitors
Location
Yield Map Typical Yield Map
Low Yield
Low/Moderate Yield
Moderate/High Yield
High Yield

10. Approaches For using
Precision Agriculture
Predictive approach (map-based)
Reactive approach (real-time)

11. Current status of PA in the country
LASER LAND LEVELLING
Zone management.

12. Getting started
Purchasing precision agriculture services.
Developing precision agriculture capabilities
within your own farming system

13. Steps will help to initiate PA technologies
Keep records of soil, crops and yield
Map exact boundaries of fields and water courses
Calculate dimensions and exact area of each field
Review current data
Obtain additional data including yield data
Interpret data
Examine results
Develop management strategy

14. Strategies for adoption of PA
technologies
For Small fields
◦ variable rate technologies
◦ Low cost and small machine-based variable rate technologies
◦ Application of GIS
Progressive farmers should select more than one precision application as a package.
Private agencies should come forward

16. INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGICAL
CHANGE
Suite Relationship Management System (SRMS)
Increase the performance of agricultural
organizations
Facilitate effective marketing
Data management
Store key information about their customers and
prospects

17. Activities include SRMS
SRMS Goals
Types of available customer information
Use of customer data for management decision-making
Market approach
customer relationship
Assessment of the technological infrastructure

18. Modules for the SRMS
Dealers
Farmers
Machinery users (employee, labor) etc.

19. Types of charts
System Charts
Personal Charts
Accessing Charts
Customizing Charts