Adoption and use of precision agriculture technologies in the sugarcane industry of São Paulo state, Brazil

Precision Agriculture

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 67-81

  Silva, Claudia Brito ^a   de Moraes, Márcia Azanha Ferraz Dias ^a   Molin, José Paulo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Ethanol; Sugar; Sugarcane; Survey

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MARKET; AGROINDUSTRY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA INTERPRETATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ETHANOL; INDUSTRIAL PRACTICE; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SUGAR; SUGAR CANE; YIELD RESPONSE;

BRAZIL; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL];

EID: 79251636034     PISSN: 13852256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11119-009-9155-8     Document Type: Article

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