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International Conference on

Recent Trends in Environmental Sustainability

ESCON22/CDMP/04
The role of remote sensing and GIS in Agriculture

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Sajjad Hussain* , Muhammad Mubeen , Ashfaq Ahmad , Ghulam Mustafa Shah , Behzad
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Murtaza , Muhammad Tahir , Shah Fahad , Wajid Nasim
1 Department of Environmental Sciences, COMSATS University Islamabad, Vehari Campus,
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Pakistan-61100; Program Chair, Climate Change, US.-Pakistan Centre for Advanced Studies
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in Agriculture and Food Security, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan; Department
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of Agronomy, The University of Haripur, Haripur 22620, Pakistan; Department of Agronomy,
University College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, The Islamia University of
Bahawalpur (IUB), Bahawalpur, Pakistan
Correspondence: sajjad7403@gmail.com
Abstract:
Remote sensing (RS) and geographic information system (GIS) have play a significant role in
agriculture at several scales from local to global. GIS application in agriculture has been
playing an increasingly important role in crop production throughout the world by helping
farmers in increasing production, reducing costs, and managing their land resources more
efficiently. GIS agriculture and agricultural mapping act as an essential tool for management
of agricultural sector by acquiring and implementing the accurate information into a mapping
environment. RS and GIS application in agriculture also helps in management and control of
agricultural resources. The development of several new digital databases at regional and larger
scales, the advent of new continuous data collection and remote sensing techniques at the farm
scale, and the continued migration of GIS to more and more powerful desktop computers have
caused an explosive growth in the number and variety of agricultural applications during the
past few years. The most important applications are probably those connected with precision
or site-specific farming, which aims to direct the application of seed, fertiliser, pesticide, and
water within fields in ways that optimise farm returns and minimise chemical inputs and
environmental hazards. The benefits of RS and GIS applications could be better exploited with
increase in the level of awareness and understanding of the potential use of GIS and related
technologies in the assessment, storage, processing, and production of data ranging from site-
specific farming systems to global food production and food security issues.
Keywords: Remote sensing; GIS; Agriculture; Food security

Department of Environmental Sciences, COMSATS University Islamabad, Vehari Campus

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