How Geographic information system(GIS) impacts agriculture.

A Geographic Information System (GIS) is a tool for making informed decisions by visualizing data and doing geographical analysis. It is made up of hardware, software, and data. The data may represent almost anything as long as it has a geographic component. A desktop or laptop computer, satellites, drones, and portable GPS devices are all examples of the equipment used in a geographic information system. The essential power of GIS, however, is its ability to examine several data layers or variables simultaneously. In agriculture, simple examples are a map showing the number of farm injuries by region or the number of agricultural lands lost to flooding per tax map piece.

GIS is an essential component of automated field operations, often known as precision agriculture or satellite farming. Farmers have enhanced their decision-making capabilities for planning their crops to optimize yields by using data obtained from remote sensors as well as sensors put directly on farm machinery.

GIS can assess soil data in conjunction with historical agricultural practices to identify which crops to grow, where to put them, and how to maintain soil nutrition levels to benefit the plants.

A Geographic Information System is used in agriculture to assemble many layers of information, such as soil moisture, nutrients, elevation, and topography, to help in the construction of a map that depicts some of the elements that impact crop output. Furthermore, the yield is employed as a potential indicator.

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Borneman, Elizabeth. “Use of GIS in Agriculture - GIS Lounge.” GIS Lounge, www.gislounge.com, 10 Mar. 2014, https://www.gislounge.com/use-gis-agriculture/.

“Use of GIS in Agriculture - Cornell Small Farms.” Cornell Small Farms, smallfarms.cornell.edu, 3 Apr. 2017, https://smallfarms.cornell.edu/2017/04/use-of-gis/#:~:text=GIS%20is%20an%20integral%20part,their%20cultivation%20to%20maximize%20yields.