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agriculture
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Integrated Pest Management
Integrated pest management is a crop-protection strategy that combines monitoring, biological controls, cultural practices and targeted chemical treatment to keep pest populations…
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Plant Protection Products
Plant protection products are regulated substances, including fungicides, insecticides and herbicides, applied to crops to control pests, diseases and weeds, with their…
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Spray Drift
Spray drift is the unintended movement of pesticide droplets or vapour away from the target crop during application, which can contaminate neighbouring…
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Harvest Timing
Harvest timing is the decision of when to pick or cut a crop based on maturity indicators such as sugar content, colour,…
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Post-Harvest Handling
Post-harvest handling encompasses all operations between harvest and processing or sale, including field heat removal, cleaning, sorting, grading and packing, and it…
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Seed Selection
Seed selection is the process of choosing crop varieties and seed lots suited to the target market, climate and processing requirements, balancing…
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Crop Yield
Crop yield is the quantity of harvestable product obtained per unit area, typically expressed in tonnes per hectare, and underpins production planning,…
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Precision Agriculture
Precision agriculture uses GPS, sensors, drones and data analytics to manage field variability, applying inputs at variable rates where needed, improving input…