Women in precision agriculture : technological breakthroughs, challenges and aspirations for a prosperous and sustainable future / Takoi Khemais Hamrita, editor.
Hamrita, Takoi Khemais, editor.
2021
S494.5.P73 W66 2021eb
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Title
Women in precision agriculture : technological breakthroughs, challenges and aspirations for a prosperous and sustainable future / Takoi Khemais Hamrita, editor.
ISBN
9783030492441 (electronic book)
3030492443 (electronic book)
9783030492434
3030492435
9783030492458 (print)
3030492451 (print)
9783030492465 (print)
303049246X (print)
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49244-1
Published
Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2021]
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xii, 216 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-030-49244-1 doi
10.1007/978-3-030-49
Call Number
S494.5.P73 W66 2021eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
631
Summary
This book features influential scholarly research and technical contributions, professional trajectories, disciplinary shifts, personal insights, and a combination of these from a group of remarkable women scholars within precision agriculture. The authors provide a holistic and critical overview of the field of precision agriculture (both crop and livestock), highlighting breakthroughs and impactful research led by women investigators including relevant technologies, decision making strategies, practices, applications, economics, opportunities and challenges. They discuss the urgent need for reduced cost, increased productivity, more optimal use of resources, and reduced impact on our environment. The leading female researchers contributing to this book are creating new technological advances that are revolutionizing agriculture. Focuses on advances in precision agriculture led by leading women researchers, scholars, and professionals; Provides insight into womens technical contributions in precision agriculture; Takes a holistic approach to precision agriculture, addressing both land and livestock applications.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Source of Description
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed September 15, 2020).
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Hamrita, Takoi Khemais, editor.
Series
Women in engineering and science.
Available in Other Form
Women in precision agriculture.
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