Open AccessCreating Agricultural Productivity Map Models on Different Romanian Soil Textures through the Concept of Precision Agriculture
Author(s) -
I. Voicea,
M. Matache,
V. Vlăduț,
S. Bungescu
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
bulletin of university of agricultural sciences and veterinary medicine cluj-napoca. agriculture
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1843-5386
pISSN - 1843-5246
DOI - 10.15835/buasvmcn-agr:5102
Subject(s) - precision agriculture , agricultural productivity , agricultural engineering , agriculture , productivity , computer science , production (economics) , tillage , environmental economics , environmental science , business , environmental resource management , engineering , economics , geography , agronomy , archaeology , biology , macroeconomics
Precision agriculture (AP) – is a model that will be applied in all developed countries and aims an input modulate management (seeds, irrigation water, fertilizer, herbicide, insecticide) through soil tillage adaptation to the parcel heterogeneity characteristics. Precision agriculture, as a mecatronics application, leaves room for a new methodology (that aims towards a new agricultural system) that can be the key to many issues.
Crop quality and yield increase is necessary in modern agricultural systems. A necessary requirement for production costs is that they must be lowered as much as possible in order to guarantee market copetitivity. This implies the use of complex management and the control of systems in order to regulate, efficiently a large quantity of physical interactive variables. Recent progress in hardware and software like microprocessors and microcontrollers, lead to complex control and task management integration in agricultural exploitations.
Productivity maps show the production variation in a field and represent an important source of information for the farmer. The production monitor is just a piece from the information gathering system in precision agriculture, with the help of which we can make comparisons of production values on a multitude of time tables. The article presents productivity map models made on soils in different locations in Romania.