Country-wide Agro-ICT Infrastructure for Supporting Assessment of Soil Carbon Sequestration, Soil Nutrient Balance, Soil Water Status and Appropriate Crop Rotation

摘要

High returns on investment in agriculture and forestry come from integrating the newest technologies and cooperation between public and private stakeholders. With the help of ortho-images, a network of agro-sensors (weather, soil), geographic information systems (GIS), aland parcel information system (LPIS), farm and/or forest management systems, advisory services covering regions or countries farmers can be supported in terms of logistics, precision, or virtual farming needs and good agricultural practices (GAP). These integrated technologies can also help to implement environmental risk management tasks. In general, integration of local information with large-scale images, agro-sensor stations and information and communication technology (ICT) that provide tools for managing agriculture and forestry requires 2 to 3 yr for implementation. Technology integration with geographic information systems and stakeholder cooperation is a win-win model for a bright agro-forest future supporting food/ feed production, biomass for energy, environmental caretaking and risk management.