| Author (Corporate) | European Parliament: European Parliamentary Research Service |
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| Series Title | At a Glance: Scientific Foresight: What if...? |
| Series Details | March 2017 |
| Publication Date | March 2017 |
| Content Type | Journal | Series | Blog, Overview |
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Could introducing more precision agriculture in Europe allow us to obtain food resilience, while ensuring sustainability and jobs, and taking into account the EU’s wide agricultural diversity? Precision agriculture (PA), or precision farming, involves using technology to improve the ratio between agricultural output (usually food) and agricultural input (land, energy, water, fertilisers, pesticides, etc.). PA consists of using sensors to identify crop or livestock needs precisely (in space or time), and then intervening in a targeted way to maximise the productivity of each plant and animal, whilst minimising any waste of resources. Author: Lieve Van Woensel |
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| Source Link | Link to Main Source http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/ATAG/2017/598628/EPRS_ATA(2017)598628_EN.pdf |
| Subject Categories | Business and Industry, Geography |
| Countries / Regions | Europe |
