THE ERA OF DIGITAL AGRONOMY: FROM PRECISION TO DATA-DRIVEN FARMING

Introduction.The idea of transitioning to digital agronomy emerged as a response to global challenges such as population growth, limited resources, soil degradation, and climate change.Traditional methods could no longer ensure stable productivity growth without harming the environment.This gave rise to the concept of precision farming in the 1980s-1990s, when GPS technologies enabled yield mapping and differentiated