Course - detail

LEB5023 - Precision Agriculture


Credit hours

In-class work
per week
Practice
per week
Credits
Duration
Total
2
2
8
15 weeks
120 hours

Instructor
Jose Paulo Molin

Objective
To present and discuss the context of Precision Agriculture seen as a set of techniques that allow the
management of crops considering their spatial and temporal variability. The monitoring steps for
diagnosing the possible causes of this variability, its relationship to possible causes and localized
interventions are addressed, focusing on yield mapping, monitoring and mapping of plant and soil
attributes, the use of sensors and site-specific application of inputs. Technologies related to the subject
are also addressed, such as GNSS, GIS and machine automation.

Content
1. Introduction to precision agriculture, conceptualization and history.
2. Positioning systems, "Global Navegation Satellite Systems" (GNSS), systems composition, error sources, receivers, differential correction methods; applications in the field and in ag machinery.
3. Yield mapping, equipment, data treatment, yield maps.
4. Monitoring the spatial variability of soil attributes, sampling for the analysis of soil physical and chemical characteristics, sampling methods, basic concepts of geostatistics for spatial variability modeling.
5. Direct and remote sensing, state of the art in soil and plant sensors to evaluate crop variability.
6. Dedicated Geographic Information Systems (GIS), data analysis and processing.
7. Equipment and techniques for site-specific treatments.

Bibliography
ALLRED, B.J.; DANIELS, J.J.; EHSANI, M.R. Handbook of Agricultural Geophysics. CRC Press, 2008. 410 p.
BERRY, J.K. Map analysis: understanding spatial patterns and relationships. San Francisco, GeoTech Media, 2007. 236p.
MOLIN, J. P.; AMARAL, L. R.; COLACO, A. F. Agricultura de precisão. São Paulo: Oficina de Textos, 2015. 238p.
MONICO, J.F.G. Posicionamento pelo GNSS: Descrição, fundamentos e aplicações. 2.ed. São Paulo: UNESP, 2007. 476 p.
MOREIRA, M.A. Fundamentos do sensoriamento remoto e metodologias de aplicação. Editora UFV, Viçosa, 2007. 320 p.
OLIVER, M.A. (ed.) Geostatistical applications for precision agriculture. Springer. 2010. 331p.
PIERCE, F.J.; CLAY, D. GIS Applications in Agriculture. CRC Press, 2007, 203p.
VISCARRA ROSSEL, R. A.; MCBRATNEY, A. B.; MINASNY, B. (Ed.). Proximal Soil Sensing. Springer. 446 p. 2010.
SRINIVASAN, A. Handbook of Precision Agriculture: Principles & Applications. The Haworth Press. 2006, 704p.
Articles from specialized Journals
Proceedings: International Conference on Precision Agriculture, European Conference on Precision Agriculture, Congresso Brasileiro de Agricultura de Precisão