| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 472 pages) : color illustrations |
| Contents |
Mechanization of agricultural production in developing countries -- Developments in mechanization technology: controlled traffic farming -- Mechanization of vegetable production -- Development in energy generation technologies and alternative fuels for agriculture -- Applied machine vision in agriculture -- Advances in unmanned aerial systems and payload technologies for precision agriculture -- Agricultural robotics -- Development of precision livestock farming technologies -- Efficient use of energy in irrigation -- Improving surface irrigation -- Advanced tools for irrigation scheduling -- Minimizing evaporation loss from irrigation storages -- Advances in silage harvest operations -- Drying of agricultural crops -- Fruit and vegetable packhouse: technologies for assessing fruit quantity and quality -- Applications of crop modeling for agricultural machinery design -- Three-dimensional (3D) numerical modeling of morphogenesis in dehydrated fruits and vegetables |
| Summary |
"The agricultural industry is dealing with enormous challenges across the globe, including the limited availability of arable lands and fresh water, as well as the effect of climate change. Machinery plays a crucial role in agriculture and farming systems, in order to feed the worlds growing population. In the last decade, we have witnessed major advances in agricultural machinery and technologies, particularly as manufacturers and researchers develop and apply various novel ways of automation as well as the data and information gathering and analyzing capabilities of their machinery. This book presents the state-of-the-art information on the important innovations in the agricultural and horticultural industry. It reviews and presents different novel technologies and implementation of these technologies to optimize farming processes and food production. There are four sections, each addressing a specific area of development. Section I discusses the recent development of farm machinery and technology. Section II focuses on water and irrigation engineering. Section III covers harvesting and post-harvest technology. Section IV describes computer modelling and simulation. Each section highlights current industry trends and latest research progress. This book is ideal for those working in or are associated with the fields of agriculture, agri-food chain and technology development and promotion"--Publisher's description |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force. WlAbNL |
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Online resource; title from electronic title page (EbscoHost, April 18, 2019) |
| Subject |
Agricultural machinery.
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Agricultural innovations.
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Machine design.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- General.
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Agricultural innovations
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Agricultural machinery
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Agriculture
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Machine design
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Soil science
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Chen, Guangnan, 1962- editor.
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| ISBN |
9781351132398 |
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1351132393 |
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9781351132381 |
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1351132385 |
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9781498754149 |
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1498754147 |
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9781351132374 |
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1351132377 |
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9781351132367 |
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1351132369 |
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