Women in Engineering and Science: Technological breakthroughs, Challenges and Aspirations for a Prosperous and Sustainable Future

Hamrita, Takoi Khemais

This book features influential scholarly research and technical contributions, professional trajectories, disciplinary shifts, personal insights, and a combination of these from a group of remarkable women scholars within precision agriculture. The authors provide a holistic and critical overview of the field of precision agriculture (both crop and livestock), highlighting breakthroughs and impactful research led by women investigators including relevant technologies, decision making strategies, practices, applications, economics, opportunities and challenges. They discuss the urgent need for reduced cost, increased productivity, more optimal use of resources, and reduced impact on our environment. The leading female researchers contributing to this book are creating new technological advances that are revolutionizing agriculture.

Details

Published by: Springer

Publication Date: 2020-08-18

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9783030492434

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-49244-1

Dimensions: 235cm x155cm

Pages: 216