The Application of Sensor Technologies for Improved Precision Farming- A Review

Abstract

Agriculture is the backbone of our country and economy, which accounts for almost 30 per cent of GDP and employs 70 per cent of the population. Though this is a rosy picture of our agriculture, how long will it meet the growing demands of the ever-increasing population? This is a difficult question to be answered, if we depend only on traditional farming. To meet the forthcoming demand and challenge we have to divert towards new technologies, for revolutionizing our agricultural productivity. In the post-green revolution period agricultural production has become stagnant, and horizontal expansion of cultivable lands became limited due to burgeoning population and industrialization.