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WIKIMEDIA/AVOCADO PLANT MONITORING PRECISION AGRICULTURE

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n the year 2050, it is expected that the global human
population will outgrow the
current food supply. It is a
year of concern for those in
the agricultural sciences, and
many projects and initiatives
are designed around solving this problem [1], [3], [5], [6]. From genetically
modified foods, stronger antibiotics and
fungicides, to upgraded crop models,
everyone in this area is hard at work
finding the best solution to the impeding food shortage.
One of these solutions is to further
improve and refine precision agriculture
techniques. Precision Agriculture (PA),
also known as site-specific management, is the practice
of managing field inputs for maximum yields. Industrial
agricultural fields can range from 50 hectares (ha) to
over 1000 ha in size, which means the characteristics of
the soil can vary widely from one side to the other [7],
[8]. Different crops and soils have resulting different
needs. The composition and health of the soil will determine whether growers will be able to grow high-quality
crops. It is important for growers to be able to more
accurately identify what are the needs of the fields to
maximize profits while minimizing waste.
With the advent of big data, it has rapidly become
more efficient to collect, analyze, and disseminate the
data needed to make precision agriculture work for
growers. As the cost of precision agriculture has gone
down, precision agriculture practices are becoming easier to implement into everyday operations on the field.
PA has moved from precision ag to micro-precision ag

and can automate the optimal living conditions of animals and vegetation [1]. The rise of big data will
increase farm productivity at a rate unseen since the
advent of mechanization [2]. Unfortunately, who has
access to these tools and who is profiting off these technologies is controversial. In the following sections, the
different concerns of big data in agriculture will be discussed in addition to the proposed solutions to ensure
that all stakeholders are provided for.

Precision Agriculture
Precision Agriculture (PA), also known as site-specific
management, is the practice of managing field inputs
for maximum yields. Industrial agricultural fields can
range from 50 hectares (ha) to over 1000 ha in size,
which means the characteristics of the soil can vary
widely from one side to the other [3], [4]. This causes
the needs of different crops and soil to be different. The

Regulating
Big Data
in Agriculture
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