Precision Agriculture

Lectures

• Lesson 1: Introductory concepts and definitions in precision agriculture

• Lesson 2: Precision Agriculture Technologies (GIS, GPS, Remote Sensing)

• Lesson 3: Origin of crop parallax in space and time

• Lesson 4: Methods of detecting crop parallax

• Lesson 5: Techniques in interpreting crop parallax

• Lesson 6: Parallax assessment and management zoning methods

• Lesson 7: Variable Input Technologies

• Lesson 8: Mapping yields in different crops

• Lesson 9: Examples of applications in extensive crops

• Lesson 10: Examples of applications in tree crops

• Lesson 11: Examples of vine applications

• Lesson 12: Examples of horticultural applications

• Lesson 13: App Evaluation and Environmental Footprint

LABORATORY EXERCISES

• Exercise 1: Familiarization with crop geospatial data in a GIS environment

• Exercise 2: Geospatial analysis of crop data for the formation of management zones

• Exercise 3: Obtaining, cleaning and calibrating extensive crop yield maps

• Exercise 4: Mapping returns using sampling methods

• Exercise 5: Visiting model farms (where GA applications are made)