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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">FYI – please distribute to others who may be interested in this self-learning activity.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, September 27, 2017 11:31 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Hutchinson, Barbara S - (bhutchin) <BarbaraH@cals.arizona.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [e-Agriculture] e-Agriculture Newsletter No.7, 2017<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h2>e-Agriculture Newsletter No.7, 2017<o:p></o:p></h2>
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<h2><strong><span style="color:green">FOCUS ON 'AN INTRODUCTION TO DRONES IN AGRICULTURE' LEARNING ACTIVITY</span></strong><o:p></o:p></h2>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="color:#333333">Are you interested in learning about Drones or Unmanned Arial Vehicles (UAV) and their use in agriculture and rural development? Would you like to participate in a self-learning activity on drones?</span></em><span style="color:#333333"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#333333">If so, the e-Agriculture Community of Practice is pleased to announce the upcoming e-Agriculture learning activity on the use of drones in agriculture and rural development. This self-paced learning activity
will open on the e-Agriculture Platform from the <strong>16th to the 27th of October 2017</strong>. Interested individuals are encouraged to complete the
<a href="https://goo.gl/forms/b2A56Jveur3n64x22">registration form here</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="color:#333333">The purpose of the self-learning activity on drones</span></strong><span style="color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#333333">This self-learning activity is intended to bring an appreciation on the subject of drones to members and followers of the e-Agriculture Community of Practice (CoP). This activity is designed to introduce anybody
within the agricultural domain to the use of drones by explaining what they are, defining the common terms and components found in a drone and the sharing several experiences on how drones are used in agriculture and rural development.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#333333">Drones are also known as ‘unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)’ and these are small aircrafts without a human pilot aboard. Drones have been applied in different aspects of agriculture, for example in pests control
and land use monitoring. Agriculture is one of the fastest adopters of this technology and the following are some of the entry points in this discipline:- soil and field analysis, forest monitoring, planting, crop spraying, irrigation, plant breeding and crop
health assessment and pests’ management.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#333333">It is envisaged that the use of drones will have a positive effect in farming practices and increase both farmers efficiency and in
<img border="0" width="198" height="199" style="width:2.0625in;height:2.0729in" id="_x0000_i1026" src="cid:810a13c596b74fdbf99a484ab7384331@www.e-agriculture.org">turn productivity. The following are the learning objectives:-<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Build an appreciation of what drones are.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
Examples on how drones have been used in agriculture<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
Build an awareness of the different use cases of drones in agriculture<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
Appreciate policy and legal issues affecting the use of drones in agriculture<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#333333">The self-learning activity will integrate various resources in form of blogs, webinars, audio-visuals and other materials available online and/or made available by the members and followers of the e-Agriculture
Community of Practice (CoP). The learning activity will run from the 16th to the 27th of October, and is comprised of three units, (i) Unit 1: Introduction to drones and how they are applied in agriculture, (ii) Unit 2: Successes and challenges of using drones
in agriculture, and (iii) Unit 3: Policy issues to consider in using drones in agriculture. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#333333">This self-learning activity is designed to appeal to anyone with an interest in drones in the agricultural domain. There are no prerequisites and no previous experience or knowledge required. Once registered
participants would only need to have access to the internet and access to e-Agriculture platform.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="color:#333333">Enroll now by completing this short
<a href="https://goo.gl/forms/b2A56Jveur3n64x22">registration form</a>. Should you have any questions or are interested to share information that can be of benefit to this activity write to
<a href="mailto:e-agriculture@fao.org">e-agriculture@fao.org</a></span></em><span style="color:#333333"> <br>
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<h2><strong><span style="color:green">NEW PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN ITU & FAO TO BOLSTER ICT INNOVATION IN AGRICULTURE </span></strong><span style="color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<p>The <a href="http://www.fao.org/home/en/" target="_blank">Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations</a> (FAO) and the <a href="http://www.itu.int/en/Pages/default.aspx" target="_blank">International Telecommunications Union</a> (ITU) signed
a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that will see the two agencies leveraging their synergies in support of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals through the use of Information and Communication
Technologies (ICTs).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><img border="0" width="350" height="308" style="width:3.6458in;height:3.2083in" id="_x0000_i1027" src="cid:1d16da6b7d62e262825f11971d16c153@www.e-agriculture.org">FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva and ITU Secretary General Houlin Zhao signed on
September 18th in New York a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote the development of e-Agriculture policies and regulations and innovation clusters based on ICTs aimed at the development of rural communities.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p> The MoU builds upon the ongoing collaboration between ITU and FAO to assist member states in adopting a strategic approach to make the best use of ICT developments for agriculture. In 2016, the two institutions jointly developed the <a href="http://www.fao.org/3/a-i5564e.pdf" target="_blank">E-agriculture
Strategy Guide</a> that suggests a framework for countries to develop their national e-agriculture strategy and master plan, while also jointly organizing the <a href="http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/templates/rap/files/uploads/ESF_Presentations/ADG_Speech_E_Agriculture_August_2016.pdf" target="_blank">FAO-ITU
e-Agriculture Solutions Forum</a> in Bangkok in August 2016. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The e-Agriculture Community of Practice, launched by FAO and a group of funding partners in 2007, was among the first FAO projects to promote best practices and discussions on the use of ICTs for agricultural development. Today, our online platform counts
with over 12,000 members from over 170 countries and territories. <a href="http://www.e-agriculture.org/news/new-partnership-between-itu-and-fao-bolster-ict-innovation-agriculture" target="_blank">Read more </a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Sources</strong>, <a href="http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/1038205/icode/" target="_blank">FAO News</a> and <a href="http://www.e-agriculture.org/news/new-partnership-between-itu-and-fao-bolster-ict-innovation-agriculture" target="_blank">e-Agriculture
News</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<h2><strong><span style="color:green">e-AGRICULTURE CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES</span></strong><span style="color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<p><span style="color:#333333">As discussed in the lead article of this newsletter we will have a self learning activity on drones. During the course of this activity, there will be a number of webinars and videos that willl be shown. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="color:black">An introduction to the use of drones in agriculture and rural development : programme highlights</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p>During the 16 to the 27th October 2017, when the learning activity on drones there will be various webinars on the different aspects on drones. These include:<o:p></o:p></p>
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Webinar on the introduction to the learning activity on drones<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
Recorded lecture on drones, their models and opportunities for their use.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
Webinar on drones and forestry monitoring<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p><em>Would you like to enroll for this activity?</em> <a href="https://goo.gl/forms/b2A56Jveur3n64x22" target="_blank">
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<p><strong><span style="color:black">Call for good and promising practices for the Europe and Central Asia region open until 18 October 2017</span></strong><span style="color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#333333">The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the e-Agriculture Community of Practice (CoP) are launching a call for good and promising practices on the use of ICTs for Agriculture in the region of Europe
and Central Asia.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#333333">The call aims at collecting lessons learned and recommendations of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), also called digital technologies, for agriculture initiatives in Europe and Central Asia and sharing them among
the members and followers of the e-Agriculture Community of Practice and beyond.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><em><span style="color:#333333"><a href="http://www.e-agriculture.org/news/call-good-and-promising-practices-region-europe-and-central-asia" target="_blank">Read more</a> about this call</span></em><span style="color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h2><strong><span style="color:green">e-AGRICULTURE SURVEY : PRINCIPLES FOR DIGITAL DEVELOPMENT</span></strong><span style="color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<p><img border="0" width="300" height="181" style="width:3.125in;height:1.8854in" id="_x0000_i1030" src="cid:91425bad101639470680f420c1889e7d@www.e-agriculture.org">The e-Agriculture team has launched a survey on the Principles for Digital Development (PDP) and
how they are applied when using ICTs for Agriculture and Rural Development.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Would you be interested in learning more about these principles, the examples of their application and the difficulties in applying them and how to overcome them? Take the survey <a href="http://www.e-agriculture.org/news/e-agriculture-survey-principles-digital-development" target="_blank">here</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>According to the "The Principles for Digital Development" website the PDPs seek to institutionalise lessons learned in the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in development. These were written by and for international development donors
and their implementing partners, however they can freely be used by all.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<h2><strong><span style="color:green">e-AGRICULTURE PARTNER'S NEWS</span></strong><span style="color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<a href="http://www.e-agriculture.org/partnerstopics" target="_blank">here</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#333333">World Bank Group</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><em><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#333333">World Bank Group, ITU and CPMI launch ‘Financial Inclusion Global Initiative’</span></b></em><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#333333"><img border="0" width="250" height="165" style="width:2.6041in;height:1.7187in" id="_x0000_i1031" src="cid:60d3beff2c4a2d65d5d9bb40df717470@www.e-agriculture.org">A new global programme to advance research in
digital finance and accelerate digital financial inclusion in developing countries, the Financial Inclusion Global Initiative, has been launched by the World Bank Group, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the Committee on Payments and Market
Infrastructures (CPMI), with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#333333">The three-year programme focuses on three different "model" developing countries – China, Egypt and Mexico – and consists of two complementary operational and knowledge work streams.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#333333">The operational work stream supports each country's national authority – countries in which digital financial inclusion can significantly improve access to financial services for a large number of people without
access to financial services. <a href="http://www.e-agriculture.org/news/world-bank-group-itu-and-cpmi-launch-%E2%80%98financial-inclusion-global-initiative%E2%80%99" target="_blank">
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<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#333333"> CTA has recently published the SPORE, Number 186 which focuses on Big data and climate insurance. One of the topics covered in this issue is the role of ICT to enhance agricultural productivity, create jobs and
increase incomes for young farmers, and to increase ICTs in climate smart agriculture and early warning systems.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#333333">The following articles are of interests,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><em><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#333333">Dry Chain Innovation for food security</span></em><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><em><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#333333">Helping farmers manage their money</span></em><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><em><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#333333">Interview with John Crbett: The role of data in sustainable farming systems</span></em><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><em><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#333333">Field Report: Bundling information and financial services</span></em><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#333333"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#333333"><a href="http://www.e-agriculture.org/news/spore-magazine-issue-no-186-big-data-and-climate-insurance-redusing-risks-and-maximizing" target="_blank"><em><b>Read more</b></em></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#333333">The International Telecommunications Union (ITU)</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#333333">The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) had a number of activities in the previous month related to ICTs and Agriculture. The
<a href="http://www.e-agriculture.org/news/itu-secretary-general-houlin-zhao-and-his-holiness-pope-francis-meet-discuss-global-importance" target="_blank">
ITU Secretary-General Houlin Zhao met His Holiness Pope Francis</a> to discuss global importance of bridging the digital divide. Then on the eve of the United Nations General Assembly meetings held the the gathering of global leaders on 'Digital Gender Equality".
and finally ITU signed a MoU with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to bolster ICT innovation in Agriculture.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#333333">Details news can be read below:-<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#333333"><a href="http://www.e-agriculture.org/news/equals-partners-call-empowerment-women-and-girls-through-digital-technology" target="_blank">EQUALS Partners call for the empowerment of women and
girls through digital technology</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#333333"><a href="http://www.e-agriculture.org/events/launch-wsis-forum-2018-open-consultation-process" target="_blank">Launch of the WSIS Forum 2018 Open Consultation process</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#333333"><a href="http://www.e-agriculture.org/news/new-partnership-between-itu-and-fao-bolster-ict-innovation-agriculture" target="_blank">New Partnership between ITU and FAO to bolster ICT innovation
in agriculture</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h2><strong><span style="color:green">e-AGRICULTURE EVENTS</span></strong><span style="color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<p><img border="0" width="250" height="154" style="width:2.6041in;height:1.6041in" id="_x0000_i1035" src="cid:fd787789606a0ba6a7fb46bfb0adccf7@www.e-agriculture.org">In the upcoming months the following events from the community are on schedule. These include
meetings, workshops and seminars.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The full collection of past, present and future events can be read <a href="http://www.e-agriculture.org/events" target="_blank">here</a>. To submit events for inclusion in the calender of events<a href="http://www.e-agriculture.org/news/your-ict-agriculture-event-e-agriculture-platform" target="_blank"> consult
this guide</a>. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>To include your non-commercial event on the e-Agriculture platform, we would need the following details, title, short description, location and URL of the original announcement.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:darkorange">Selected upcoming events </span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><em><b>GIS and Remote Sensing for sustainable forest monitoring and management Course</b></em> 09 -13/10/2017 <a href="http://www.e-agriculture.org/events/gis-and-remote-sensing-sustainable-forest-monitoring-and-management-course" target="_blank">more info</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><em><b>Agri-Innovation summit Lisbon 2017</b></em> 11/10/2017 - 12/10/2017 Lisbon, Portugal <a href="http://www.e-agriculture.org/events/agri-innovation-summit-lisbon-2017" target="_blank">more info</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><i>The Youth Ag- Summit</i></strong> 08/10/2017 -12/10/2017 Brussels, Belgium <a href="http://www.e-agriculture.org/events/youth-ag-summit" target="_blank">more info</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><span style="color:#333333">Below we highlight a selection of news published on e-Agriculture, these include news articles on ICTs, activities in the agriculture and rural development. The full news listing can be read
<a href="http://www.e-agriculture.org/news" target="_blank">here</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><strong><i>New partnership between ITU and FAO to bolster ICT innovation in agriculture</i></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><a href="http://www.e-agriculture.org/news/itu-report-fast-forward-progress-leveraging-tech-achieve-global-goals-showcases-role-icts" target="_blank">r</a><a href="http://www.e-agriculture.org/news/new-partnership-between-itu-and-fao-bolster-ict-innovation-agriculture" target="_blank">ead
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<p><em><b>Call for good and promising practices for the region of Europe and Central Asia</b></em><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><a href="http://www.e-agriculture.org/news/call-good-and-promising-practices-region-europe-and-central-asia" target="_blank">read more</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><em><b>Using Dgroups to scale up online Networking and Communication in the Rural Water Supply Network</b></em><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><em><b>U.S. Data-Driven Farming Prize Awards $300,000 for Innovative Agricultural Solutions in Nepal</b></em><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><a href="http://www.e-agriculture.org/news/us-data-driven-farming-prize-awards-300000-innovative-agricultural-solutions-nepal" target="_blank">read more</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><em><b>Esoko, the M-Agri pioneer, will split up in two different companies for better management</b></em><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><em><b>The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2017</b></em><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><em><b>EQUALS Partners call for the empowerment of women and girls through digital technology</b></em><o:p></o:p></p>
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<h2><strong><span style="color:green">WHAT IS......Precision Agriculture</span></strong><span style="color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p><span style="color:#333333">This section will introduce each time a new technological term used in agriculture and explain what it means. Furthermore, links to some resources will be provided. To suggest new terms
<a href="mailto:e-agriculture@fao.org%20?subject=Suggest%20Terms%20for%20WHAT%20IS....%20Section">
write to us </a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><em><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">What is Precision Agriculture?</span></b></em><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Precision Agriculture (PA) is a whole-farm management approach using information technology, satellite positioning (GNSS) data, remote sensing and proximal data gathering. These technologies have the goal
of optimising returns on inputs whilst potentially reducing environmental impacts -
<strong>Source</strong> <a href="http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/note/join/2014/529049/IPOL-AGRI_NT(2014)529049_EN.pdf" target="_blank">
European Union, 2014 </a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="rtejustify"><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Resources</span></u><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="rtejustify"><em><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Why is it important?</span></em><span style="font-size:10.0pt">
<a href="https://soilsmatter.wordpress.com/2015/02/27/what-is-precision-agriculture-and-why-is-it-important/" target="_blank">
Read more</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="rtejustify"><em><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Precision Agriculture website</span></em><span style="font-size:10.0pt">.
<a href="http://www.precisionag.com/" target="_blank">Read more</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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