Abdulraheem MI and Khan NF. Precision Agriculture: Towards Emerging Trends in Food
Security and Sustainability. Adv Agri Tech Plant Sciences 2024, 7(1): 180098.
Copyright © 2024 Abdulraheem MI and Khan NF.
Advances in Agricultural Technology & Plant Sciences
ISSN: 2640-6586
Review Article Volume 7 Issue 1
Precision Agriculture: Towards Emerging Trends in Food Security
and Sustainability
Abdulraheem MI
1,2
* and Khan NF
3
1
Henan Agricultural University, China
2
Department of Agricultural Science Education, Oyo State College of Education, Nigeria
3
Department of Botany, University of Kashmir, India
*Corresponding author: Mukhtar Iderawumi Abdulraheem, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450002, China, Email:
m.iderawumi@gmail.com
Received Date: December 18, 2023; Published Date: January 09, 2024
Abstract
Concerns about better managing the world’s agricultural resources while reducing the negative environmental impact are raised
by the growing strain on the population worldwide and the need to boost agricultural output, especially in the food supply
chain, which is currently dealing with significant sustainability and security issues that may be exacerbated by global population
expansion, continuous conflicts on a global scale, and pandemic breakouts. Hence, this review investigates and evaluates the
new developments in precision agriculture and how they affect sustainability and food security. Precision agriculture, often
called smart farming or site-specific crop management, is an agricultural management strategy that uses remote sensing,
satellite positioning data, and information technology to maximize yield while accounting for crop and soil variability. This new
agricultural trend can completely transform food security and sustainability by increasing yields, lowering input costs, and
lessening environmental effects. In this review paper, we shall examine the many facets of precision agriculture, including its
technology, advantages, difficulties, and potential contributions to sustainable agricultural practices and global food security.
Keywords: Precision Agriculture; Food Security; Sustainability; Agriculture
Introduction
The fast rise of the world’s population poses enormous
difficulties to food production systems, necessitating
novel techniques to meet food security and environmental
problems [1]. Precision agriculture has emerged as a viable
answer, enabling farmers to make educated decisions based
on accurate and real-time data from their fields [2-4]. These
include using sensors, data analytics, unmanned aerial
vehicles (UAVs), remote sensing, geographic information
systems (GIS), and GPS. Farmers can use real-time data and
the spatial variability of their fields to guide their decisions
about planting, irrigation, fertilizer, pest management,
and harvesting by integrating various tools [5-7]. The use
of precision agriculture has been fueled in large part by
technological breakthroughs. With the aid of GPS technology,
farmers can precisely map and monitor field conditions,
allowing them to apply inputs like pesticides, fertilizers, and
water [8]. Technologies for remote sensing offer important
information about crop health, soil moisture content, and
nutrient shortages [6,9,10]. Multispectral sensors on UAVs
enable the capture of high-resolution photos for in-depth
crop condition assessments [11].