Precision farming
The tools to manage cropland on a site-specific basis are here and are improving rapidly. The question is how can precision agriculture continue the transformation of agricultural management into an increasingly resource efficient, less risky, societal endeavour? It is difficult to have an overview of all the new developments in every aspects of precision agriculture that will have a major impact on the future of agriculture. The topics that we are dealing with include the latest innovations in robotics, micromechanics and new technologies, spatial variability and mapping, precision crop protection, precision irrigation, management, modelling and decision support systems, economics and sustainability of precision agriculture.