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A review of the utility of remote sensing in agriculture 2400 Introduction Agriculture 240 The agricultural food supply is a product of a web linking soil water sunlight seed stock fertilizers technique human effort economy and planning Drury 1992 Agriculture is the main source of livelihood for many people to which globally there is a gross undersupply Its importance therefore requires effective management and decision making so resources are sufficiently used in the production processing and distribution of agricultural products Agricultural production systems can be highly vulnerable to variations in climate soil and topography of regions Kingra Majumder and Singh 2016 as well as other worldwide issues such as population increase leading to problems such as overgrazing which require a higher dependency and reliance on efficient crop growth All factors are intimately related with the biological technological and physical problems which face modern agriculture Lillesand et al 2008 and can affect its sustainable practice The monitoring and data collection of the agricultural production system is therefore essential for maximum efficiency and implementation of effective management decisions to maintain sustainable agricultural practices for the future Remote sensing can be used to monitor these issues as it forms a source for much of the information needed for implementing for efficient agricultural methods management of food resources and development of new agricultural areas Drury 1992
