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Mapping Agricultural Sustainability: How GIS Ensures Transparency from Seed to Table


Mapping Agricultural Sustainability with Geographic Information System - Koltiva.com

Smart farming, also known as precision agriculture, is an innovative approach to agriculture that utilizes technology, data, and advanced techniques to optimize farming practices and increase productivity while minimizing resource wastage (1). One of the key technologies often integrated into smart farming is a geographic information system (GIS), which helps map legal land for agriculture, provides supply chain transparency, and makes it easier for producers to make decisions related to farm management.

How to use GIS in identifying agricultural land - Koltiva.com

Geographic Information System (GIS) is a powerful tool for capturing, storing, analyzing, managing, and presenting spatial and visualizing data related to geographical aspects such as location, topography, and other environmental variables. GIS can enhance decision-making processes and overall farm management in the agriculture sector. GIS assists agribusinesses and smallholder producers in optimizing existing natural resources, such as water, soil, and weather. Using GIS, they can identify spatial patterns within agricultural land, classify soils based on their quality, and map water and nutrient requirements within agricultural areas. With accurate mapping, GIS enables better decision-making in crop planning, pest and disease control, and natural resource management.