Fundamentals in agriculture and food

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
CHAPTER 7 
 
AUTOMATED SYSTEMS IN AGRICULTURE 
 
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Anıl ÇAY
1
BSc. Eng. Amjed KRAIEM
2
1
Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University,
Faculty of Agriculture,
Department of 
Agricultural Machinery and Technologies
Engineering, Çanakkale, Turkey. 
[e-mail]
2
Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University,
Faculty of Agriculture,
Department of 
Agricultural Machinery and Technologies Engineering, Çanakkale, Turkey. 
[e-mail] 

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INTRODUCTION
Over the years, agricultural productivity has increased significantly due 
to intensification, mechanization and automation. This has led to the 
development of automated agricultural equipment for field operations, animal 
husbandry systems, and cropping systems such as greenhouse climate control 
and irrigation systems. The implementation of mechanization in farming has 
not just decreased the expenses of production and alleviated the physical strain 
of human work, but has also enhanced the caliber of newly harvested crops and 
ecological management. 
On the contrary, while various automation systems utilized in industry 
are designed for basic and repetitive tasks, the implementation of automation 
in agriculture demands sophisticated technologies capable of managing 
intricate and greatly diverse environmental factors and produce. The farming 
environment is intricate and lacks a strict structure, exhibiting substantial 
differences not only between fields but also within the same field. This 
complexity, coupled with environmental and genetic factors, results in a 
significant degree of variation in agricultural products. To meet the challenges 
of automation in agriculture, fundamental technologies need to be developed to 
meet the ever-changing conditions, variability of products and environment, 
sensitive products, and adverse environmental conditions. 
Dynamic real-time interpretation of the environment and objects 
necessitates the utilization of intelligent control systems. The precision 
requirements for automation systems in agriculture can be lower than in 
industry because the cost of agricultural products is relatively low, and the cost 
of the automated system must also be low for it to be economically viable. In 
addition, it is difficult to achieve as high a utilization rate in agriculture as in 
the manufacturing industry because of seasonality. 
Automation in agriculture has become an increasingly important part of 
modern farming practices. From seeding and harvesting to irrigation and 
fertilization, there are a variety of automated systems designed to help farmers 
increase efficiency and productivity. In this article, we will examine the 
different types of automated systems used in agriculture and how they help 
farmers achieve better results (Fouda, 2021). 
 

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