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A green cotton combine harvests a field of mature cotton plants, with white cotton bolls visible across the landscape.

Large pile of manure made from animal excrement and straw sits on a grassy field with trees in the background in France.

A farmer wearing a straw hat and boots uses a pitchfork to turn a compost pile outdoors, surrounded by trees and farm materials.

Aerial view of farmland in Palouse, Washington, showing curving, dark and light strips of wheat fields arranged in contour and strip cropping patterns across rolling hills.

A yellow robotic arm hovers over rows of leafy green vegetables growing in a hydroponic system inside a greenhouse, illustrating automated harvesting on a smart farm.

A yellow crop duster airplane sprays pesticide in wide arcs over green corn and soybean fields, with trees and a farm building in the background.

Aerial view of the Dneiper River in Kiev, Ukraine, showing green algae blooms along the water's surface with city buildings and bridges in the background.

Know about the water management crisis in Australia including the development of a mathematical system to get a complete water balance

Know about the use of drones in agriculture for monitoring the environment of the field and enhance the quantity and quality crop

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