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  2. Energy efficiency in agriculture - Wikipedia

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    The results are presented in a report named Economic and environmental analysis of energy efficiency measures in agriculture – Case Studies and trade-offs. [ 7 ] An intensive stakeholder process, by organising national stakeholders meetings in six countries, revealed the opportunities and drawbacks for a future energy efficient agriculture in ...

  3. Information and communications technology in agriculture

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    In agriculture, the use of the Global Positioning System provides benefits in geo-fencing, map-making and surveying. GPS receivers dropped in price over the years, making it more popular for civilian use. With the use of GPS, civilians can produce simple yet highly accurate digitized map without the help of a professional cartographer.

  4. Agrivoltaics - Wikipedia

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    Agrivoltaics (agrophotovoltaics, agrisolar, or dual-use solar) is the dual use of land for solar energy production and agriculture. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The technique was first conceived by Adolf Goetzberger and Armin Zastrow in 1981.

  5. Agricultural economics - Wikipedia

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    Agricultural economics is an applied field of economics concerned with the application of economic theory in optimizing the production and distribution of food and fiber products. Agricultural economics began as a branch of economics that specifically dealt with land usage. It focused on maximizing the crop yield while maintaining a good soil ...

  6. Solar power - Wikipedia

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    However some countries, such as South Korea and Japan, use land for agriculture under PV, [143] [144] or floating solar, [145] together with other low-carbon power sources. [146] [147] Worldwide land use has minimal ecological impact. [148] Land use can be reduced to the level of gas power by installing on buildings and other built up areas. [139]

  7. Glossary of agriculture - Wikipedia

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    The broadest definition includes handheld power tools, but in general usage, the term implies huge motorized machines, particularly tractors and the many types of farm implements which they tow and/or supply power to. The mechanization of agricultural tasks is a defining element of industrial agriculture. agricultural productivity

  8. Power take-off - Wikipedia

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    A PTO at the rear end of a farm tractor A PTO (in the box at the bottom) in the center of the three-point hitch of a tractor. A power take-off or power takeoff (PTO) is one of several methods for taking power from a power source, such as a running engine, and transmitting it to an application such as an attached implement or separate machine.

  9. Agronomy - Wikipedia

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    Agronomy is the science and technology of producing and using plants by agriculture for food, fuel, fiber, chemicals, recreation, or land conservation.Agronomy has come to include research of plant genetics, plant physiology, meteorology, and soil science.