The Application of Remote Sensing Technologies for Enhancing Agroecosystems Performance

Abstract

Human activity has dramatically altered the environment around the world. Most of these modifications occurred in natural habitats due to human activities. On the other hand, the variations in climatic conditions required to sustain appropriately performing ecosystems are becoming increasingly challenging for managers and policymakers. Often, pollution associated with human activities is diffuse, occurs over a wide geographic area, and accumulates over time. Assessing, monitoring, and eventually connecting relevant environmental variables with landscape development is crucial to overcoming these problems. Remote monitoring and evaluation of agroecosystem changes, using sensors, global positioning systems, and satellite-based platforms, provides for constant monitoring and assessment of field environment dynamics on a large scale. This study reviewed critical advances in remote sensing for the sustainable development of the agroecosystem.

Application of Nanotechnology in Agroecosystems: Nanoparticles for Improving Agricultural Production

“…Nanosensors use electrochemical functions to detect compounds, gases and agricultural pollutants. One of the most important benefits of nanotech products is their role in developing independent nanosensors that can be spread across farms and used with a GPS device to monitor crop growth in a precise and detailed way [44]. This provides more reliable and valuable information, including the optimal time for the plant to crop harvest, thereby leading to improved agricultural practices [8].…”

Preparing Maps of the Distribution of Organic Matter and Calcium Carbonate in Northern Iraq

“…It is intended to describe the variation between the values of the points from which samples were taken in the spatial range as a function of their distances and to indicate whether the distribution pattern of soil characteristics is continuous in the field or abnormal and deviates from it [1,2]. [3] explained the need to study the spatial variability of soil properties, as it helps to benefit from developing the model used to study soil properties more accurately [4,5], and emphasized that understanding the spatial distribution of different soil properties is of great importance to determine field practices. Not only to improve production but also to reduce environmental damage caused by it.…”

Fertility Evaluation of Soils of Mahaweel District in Babil Governorate Using GIS

“…The relationship between the soil content of nutrients and the extent of the plant's response to it, so it is necessary to know the correct method for assessing the state of fertility of the soil and knowing the deficiency in nutrients, as nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium are among the main and determining elements for crop growth and yield increase [2][3][4]. The world has tended at the present time to use modern technologies and information technology, and this is a shortcut in time, effort and cost, and among these technologies is the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology in preserving, scheduling and analyzing data [5], the mapping soil characteristics in general and character maps fertility in particular, as this technology has an effective and very useful effect in soil mapping and monitoring of nutrient deficiency with this technology [6].…”