Is precision agriculture irrelevant to developing countries?

Precision Agriculture

Volumn , Issue , 2024, Pages 115-119

  Cook, S E ^a   O'Brien R ^a,b   Corner, R J ^b   Oberthur, T ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE CIAT   (Colombia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

decision support; Developing agriculture; poverty alleviation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85198433722     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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