Precision Agriculture: Technology and Economic Perspectives

There is a void of books on the economics of precision agriculture, no similar books like this one have been published.This book presents cases from different countries with a main focus on the perspectives of using precision farming in Europe.  Divided into 12 chapters it addresses some of the most recent developments and aspects of precision farming. The intention of this book is to provide an overview of some of the most promising technologies with precision agriculture from an economic point of view.  Each chapter has been put together so that it can be read individually should the reader wish to focus on one particular topic. Precision Farming as a farm technology benefits from large-scale advantages due to relatively high investment costs and is primarily adopted on farms with medium to large field areas.

A farm business management mental framework of approach lends itself to a broad target audience from practitioners to research scientists

The book organization will parallel the steps of the decision-making process and use illustrative example cases to emphasize how a farmer considering precision agriculture technology would think