La laitue est un légume feuille consommé en salade. Sa culture est très développée autour des centres urbains car elle est facile à produire, son cycle est court et elle procure des revenus réguliers aux producteurs et productrices. Elle se récolte 25 à 30 jours après le repiquage. La laitue ne supporte pas un long transport, ce qui explique également sa présence dans la majorité des sites maraichers, notamment autour des villes.
Precision agriculture technologies have developed over the last three decades to aid plant agriculture. This book reviews what has happened in the past, what the cur rent situation is, and predicts what the future may hold for these technologies. Top experts who have contributed to the development of precision agriculture provide the information. Agriculture must provide an ever-increasing amount of quality food, fiber, feed, and fuel for humankind. And it must do this in a manner that is environmentally, economically, and sociopolitically sustainable. This will become even more challenging in the future as there is no single technology that can solve this problem. The development and proper implementation of precision agriculture therefore can be a great help toward achieving this very important task.