Energy savings by adopting precision agriculture in rural USA

Energy, Sustainability and Society

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-5

  Bora, Ganesh C ^a   Nowatzki, John F ^a   Roberts, David C ^b  

^a North Dakota State University   (United States)

^b NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autosteer; Energy savings; GPS guidance systems; Precision agriculture

Indexed keywords

ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FUELS; INVESTMENTS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; REMOTE CONTROL; SOIL MECHANICS; SURVEYS; VEHICLES;

AGRICULTURAL SECTOR; AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGIES; AGRICULTURAL VEHICLES; APPLICATION OF FERTILIZERS; AUTOSTEER; ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; GUIDANCE SYSTEM; TECHNICAL MANAGEMENT;

SEED;

CROP YIELD; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY USE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FARMERS KNOWLEDGE; GPS; RURAL AREA; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

NORTH DAKOTA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84893493779     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21920567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2192-0567-2-22     Document Type: Article

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