Precision agriculture is to fine-tune the agricultural production system by emergence and convergence of several informationbased technologies for enhancing profit and reducing environmental risks. These technologies have demonstrated to provide benefits to farmers as well as reduced environmental stresses in the developed world. Present paper provides an overview of precision agriculture and examines the potentials, prospects, implications, issues and relevance of precision agricultural applications in Pakistani agricultural system. There is a scope of many precision technologies to be implemented in the country. In this perspective, farmers and government authorities should look forward to adopt new and sustainable technologies to increase the efficiency of available resources and reduce the input costs. Before this, the effectiveness of precision technologies needs to be realised in Pakistan through field experiments and land management practices.
Articles · Volume 26, Issue 2, 31 March 2018 · Open Access
POTENTIALS AND PROSPECTS OF PRECISION AGRICULTURE IN PAKISTAN - A REVIEW
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Affiliations & Notes ⌄
- 1* Agricultural and Biological Engineering Institute, National Agricultural Research Centre, Islamabad, Pakistan ** Central Secretariat, Pakistan Agricultural Research Council, Islamabad, Pakistan. *** Faculty of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan. Corresponding author: sultan_fmi@hotmail.com
Article Info ⌄
- Journal:
- Pakistan Journal of Agricultural Research
- Published:
- 31 March 2018

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