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Out of these, the two major problems for implementing Precision
Farming in India are small land holding size 43 and cost of
Precision Farming System. In India, about 57.8 per cent of
operational holdings have size less than 1 hectare. With this field
size and the farming being mostly subsistent farming, it is a
difficult task to adopt the techniques of Precision Farming at
individual field level. In view of this, Precision Farming can be
adopted as “Information Based Agricultural System”.
12.2 Agricultural planning and development 44 require (a)
knowledge about recent progress in agriculture, (b) the existing
situation (especially the main problems impeding development),
and (c) the potentialities for achieving agricultural objectives.
This information is needed for re-assessing current investment
and other development activities as well as for planning new
measures, setting benchmarks against which to monitor progress.
Proper analysis of the agricultural sector requires that it be seen
as a system of functionality inter-related and inter-dependent
elements, each of which contributes to the existing and potential
(ed) Precision Agriculture? 97. Bioss Scientific Publ. Ltd., Oxford, United Kingdom. Vol. I: 3-31.
43 Holding Size : Marginal Holdings (in hectare): (Below 0.5 ; 0.5 – 1.0), Small holdings (in hectare): (1.0 – 2.0), Semimedium
holdings (in hectare): ( 2.0 – 3.0;3.0 – 4.0), Medium holdings (in hectare): (4.0 – 5.0; 5.0 – 7.5;7.5 – 10.0),
Large holding (in hectare): (10.0 – 20.0;20.0 and above)
44 Mollet, J.A: "Planning for Agricultural Development", Croom Helm (London & Canberra), St.Martin's Press, New
York, 1984
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