What is Smart Agriculture

Smart agriculture is a modern agricultural production technology based on the intervention to be done in terms of spatial and temporal requirements in the field of crop cultivation in an agricultural enterprise considering these location and time criteria.

One of the factors disrupting the effects of agricultural production is the continuous variation of soil structure according to regions. With this variability, no land is similar. When a production area is examined carefully, it can be easily observed that the plants develop very well from time to time, weak places and even drying and deaths occur in some places. So, what makes these differences within the same terrain? It is the physical, chemical and biological structure of the soil that can change in every square meter. This variability lies in the emergence of intelligent agriculture. Smart agriculture is an agricultural production model that enables land and crop management, more economical use of resources and minimizes environmental damage in order to increase agricultural productivity by using the opportunities of technology.

Application in Today

Today, smart agriculture technologies are becoming widespread in many areas from early warning systems to sensors measuring soil, air temperature and humidity, and robots used in every stage of production. Thanks to the Internet of Things concept, agricultural production is also effectively changing. It is now possible to minimize the risks in agricultural production with smart systems, as well as to produce more and high-quality production with less cost with the right approach. The main aim is to use the applications in agricultural production where, when and when needed.

In addition, it aims to prevent waste of resources, increase the gross return of the product and minimize the environmental pollution caused by production using improved information and control systems. It can also be used in almost every period of crop production.

The objectives of smart agriculture are to reduce chemical costs such as fertilizers and pesticides; protection of the environment by reducing these uses; Providing high quantity and quality product; to provide a more effective information flow for business and aquaculture and to establish a registration order in agriculture.