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Y. Zhang ; L. Pichon ; S. Roux ; A. Pellegrino ; T. Simonneau ; B. Tisseyre |Inverse modeling (IM) is a valuable tool in agriculture for estimating model parameters that aid in decision-making. It is particularly useful when parameters cannot be directly measured or easily estimated due to logistical constraints in agric[...]Article
H. Darouich ; L. Simionesei ; A.R. Oliveira ; R. Neves ; T.B. Ramos |The IrrigaSys decision support system (DSS) has supported farmers decision-making regarding irrigation scheduling in the Sorraia Valley irrigation district in Southern Portugal over a span of six years (20172022). This study aims to conduct a [...]Article
Agricultural nonpoint source (NPS) pollution leads to water quality degradation. While agriculture is faced with the challenge of feeding a growing population in a changing climate, farmers must also strive to minimize adverse impacts of agricul[...]Article
A. Dzalbs ; M. Bimbere ; J. Pubule ; D. Blumberga |Horticulture is essential in the European agricultural sector and fundamental for many EU member states. Decision Support Systems and Tools can play an essential role in a shift to result-based agriculture and evidence-based decision making, imp[...]Article
T. Mabhaudhi ; T.L. Dirwai ; C. Taguta ; A. Sikka ; J. Lautze |While there is a proliferation of Decision Support Tools (DSTs) to enhance agricultural water productivity (AWP) and related objectives such as food security, an assessment of their adoption and performance is not known to be undertaken. To deve[...]Article
In recent years, scholars and practitioners have discussed several challenges related to the fresh-food supply chains (SCs). One of these challenges is the lack of availability of curated, clean, and processed market information for the SC parti[...]Article
Agricultural production and food are strategically important for nutrition, which is the basic requirement of living. Adequate supply of food depends on the sustainability of agricultural activities. Despite the proportional increase in other se[...]Article
In recent years, the waste management field has received substantial attention from policymakers, organizations, academics, and researchers due to increased focus on sustainability and carbon footprint reduction as well as concerns around rapid [...]Article
A. Domínguez ; J.A. Martínez-López ; H. Amami ; R. Nsiri ; F. Karam ; M. Oueslati |Despite the great number of models developed in research projects, only a small percentage have been successfully transferred to the productive sector. The PRIMA programme supported by Horizon 2020, the European Union Framework Programme for Res[...]Article
A decision support model for cost-effective choice of temperature-controlled transport of fresh food
L.M. Maiyar ; R. Ramanathan ; I. Roy ; U. Ramanathan |The application of a plethora of wireless technologies to support real-time food quality monitoring during transportation has significantly improved the performance of fresh food delivery systems. However, deployment of these technologies increa[...]Article
P.B. Hegedus ; B. Maxwell ; J. Sheppard ; S. Loewen ; H. Duff ; G. Morales-Luna ; A. Peerlinck |Few mechanisms turn field-specific ecological data into management recommendations for crop production with appropriate uncertainty. Precision agriculture is mainly deployed for machine efficiencies and soil-based zonal management, and the tradi[...]Article
Adoption and implementation of business planning and control methods is essential to efficiently and effectively allocate resources for producing food within sustainable agricultural systems in the Mediterranean Basin. To investigate this issue,[...]Article
Cropping system models are deployed as valuable tools for informing agronomic decisions and advancing research. To meet this demand, early career scientists are increasingly tasked with building crop models to fit into these system modelling fra[...]Article
This study assesses inputs use efficiency of durum wheat farmers, subscribed under a common Agricultural Decision Support System (ADSS), especially designed by Barilla and HORTA for this cultivation. Data Envelopment Analysis was the main analys[...]Rapport, Expertise, Working Paper
J. De Baerdemaeker, coord. ; S. Hemming ; G. Polder ; A. Chauhan ; A. Petropoulou ; F. Rovira-Más ; D. Moshou ; G. Wyseure ; T. Norton ; B. Nicolai ; F. Hennig-Possenti ; I. Hostens | Strasbourg [France] : European Parliament | 2023An increasingly digitised society involves recording human activity and monitoring products and processes. In the agri-food sector this gives rise to large quantities of data. At the same time, data is also generated for research and scientific [...]E-Book
D. Cammarano, ed. ; F.K. Van Evert, ed. ; C. Kempenaar, ed. | Cham [Suisse] : Springer | Progress in Precision Agriculture | 2023This book describes how models are used to monitor crops and soils in precision agriculture, and how they are used to support farmers decisions. The introductory section starts with an overview of precision agriculture from the early days of yi[...]Article
Nowadays, smart irrigation is becoming an essential goal in agriculture, where water and energy are increasingly limited resources. Its importance will grow in the coming years in the agricultural sector where the optimal use of resources and en[...]Article
B. Cicciù ; F. Schramm ; V.B. Schramm |This paper aims to perform a literature review on the use of multi-criteria methods for assessing agricultural sustainability, focusing on the distribution of papers according to year, journal, and countries, the most productive authors, the mos[...]Article
A. Di Guardo ; E. Capri ; M. Calliera ; A. Finizio |As echoed in the European Green Deal and Farm to Fork strategy, the EU agricultural policy has clear objectives of improving the sustainability (environmental, economic and social) of farm productions. The environmental goals are supported by pr[...]Article
In the past two decades, a number of researchers have sought to capture the complex interactions of the food system's outcome through frameworks. In several international discourses and expert foresight studies, food system frameworks are freque[...]Article
Predicting crop yields is one of the most challenging tasks in agriculture. It plays an essential role in decision making at global, regional, and field levels. Soil, meteorological, environmental, and crop parameters are used to predict crop yi[...]Article
Effective agricultural water management requires accurate and timely identification of crop water stress at the farm-scale for irrigation advisories or to allocate the optimal amount of water for irrigation. Various drought indices are being uti[...]Article
In arid and semi-arid regions, agriculture is an important element of the national economy, but this sector is a large consumer of water. In a context of high pressure on water resources, appropriate management is required. In semi-arid, intensi[...]Article
Agro-sylvo-pastoral systems are common around the Mediterranean Basin, where they provide a variety of goods and services to the local populations. Their sustainability relies on efficient grazing management, especially in Mediterranean rangelan[...]Article
New players are entering the new and important digital data market for agriculture, increasing power asymmetries and reinforcing their competitive advantages. Although the farmer remains at the heart of agricultural data collection, to date, onl[...]Article
A. Scuderi ; L. Sturiale ; G. Timpanaro ; A. Matarazzo ; S. Zingale ; P. Guarnaccia |For several decades, studies and conventions have highlighted the importance of the ecosystem services provided by natural resources and biodiversity for humanity and the need to move their management towards a sustainable model. Inthe United Na[...]Article
C. Kosma ; V. Triantafyllidis ; A. Zotos ; A. Pittaras ; V. Kouneli ; S. Karydogianni ; A. Mavroeidis ; I. Kakabouki ; D. Beslemes ; E.L. Tigka ; I. Roussis ; D. Bilalis |Smallholder farming systems are typical of the European Mediterranean region. Small farms of less than 2 hectares cover approximately 15% of cropland in the southern EU and only 5% across the EU. The greater variability of cultivated species per[...]Article
C. Roman ; M. Peris ; J. Esteve ; M. Tejerina ; J. Cambray ; P. Vilardell ; S. Planas |Agricultural productivity cannot be sustained without the application of plant protection measures. Within the framework of integrated pest management (IPM), the use of chemical pesticides should be limited to the last option among the available[...]Article
Over the last years, the global application of machine learning (ML) models in groundwater quality studies has proved to be a robust alternative tool to produce highly accurate results at a low cost. This research aims to evaluate the ability of[...]Article
C.-N. Kasimatis ; E. Psomakelis ; N. Katsenios ; G. Katsenios ; M. Papatheodorou ; D. Vlachakis ; D. Apostolou ; A. Efthimiadou |Tomato is the second most important vegetable in the world, both in terms of production and consumption. Especially for the cultivation of industrial tomato, harvest is conducted when the total soluble solids, a major quality characteristic, are[...]Article
Nowadays, the sustainability of Greek dairy cattle farms is questionable due to low competitiveness and high GHG emissions. In this context, the BIOCIRCULAR project, funded by the EYDE ETAK, developed a series of alternative practices focusing o[...]E-Book
Basic Statistics with R: Reaching Decisions with Data provides an understanding of the processes at work in using data for results. Sections cover data collection and discuss exploratory analyses, including visual graphs, numerical summaries, an[...]Article
Cet article analyse la prise en charge par les coopératives de la critique environnementale au moyen doutils numériques et la façon dont leur cadre dusage se construit avec les technico-commerciaux (TC) et les agriculteurs. À partir du cas du[...]Article
K. Canaj ; A. Parente ; M. D'Imperio ; F. Boari ; V. Buono ; M. Toriello ; A. Mehmeti ; F.F. Montesano |To address sustainability challenges, agricultural advances in Mediterranean horticultural systems will necessitate a paradigmatic shift toward smart technologies, the impacts of which from a life cycle perspective have to be explored. Using lif[...]Rapport, Expertise, Working Paper
T. Berchoux ; F. Iadecola | 2022This manual provides key information and instructions on the application and use of the SHERPA Characterisation Tool for rural areas. The tool was developed to examine the characteristics of rural areas in the EU. It consists of an excel file pr[...]Thèse, Mémoire, Master
S. Saad | 2022Today, technology is an important vector of economic and environmental performance in agriculture. It provides innovative solutions to increase the efficiency of orchards and help in decision-making. Therefore, Blue whale being the leading compa[...]Actes de Congrès ou Communication isolée
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J. McFadden ; F. Casalini ; T. Griffin ; J. Antón | Paris [France] : OCDE | OECD Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Papers | 2022Digitalisation offers the potential to help address the productivity, sustainability and resilience challenges facing agriculture. Evidence on the adoption and impacts of digital agriculture in OECD countries from national surveys and the litera[...]Article
M. Albert ; J.-E. Bergez ; S. Couture ; R. Faivre ; M. Willaume |Agricultural practices are heterogeneous among farmers in the face of climate hazards. Structural and material resources as well as risk preferences explain some of this heterogeneity, but little is known about how psychological factors associat[...]Article
Data that are required for nutrient management are becoming increasingly available in digital format, leading to a high innovation potential for digital nitrogen (N) management applications. However, it is currently difficult for farmers to anal[...]Article
E. Said Mohamed ; E. Said Mohamed ; A.A. Belal ; S. Kotb Abd-Elmabod ; M.A. El-Shirbeny ; A. Gad ; M.B. Zahran |The food shortage and the population growth are the most challenges facing sustainable development worldwide. Advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things (IoT), and the mobile internet can provide realistic[...]Article
Despite major recent advances in socio-hydrology and hydroeconomics research, interdisciplinary methods and models for water policy assessment remain largely concealed to the academic arena. Most river basin authorities still base decision-makin[...]Article
L. Turner ; M.T. Harrison ; M. Monjardino ; P. deVoil ; D. Rodriguez |Decision support systems (DSS) have long been used in research, service provision and extension. Despite the diversity of technological applications in which past agricultural DSS canvass, there has been relatively little information on either t[...]Article
A.S. Vaz ; F. Amorim ; P. Pereira ; S. Antunes ; H. Rebelo ; N.G. Oliveira |Securing biodiversity values alongside ecosystem services and other socio-economic assets, is a priority in the European policy and territorial planning. Here, we design a landscape planning approach that identifies priority conservation areas a[...]Article
M.J. Knowling ; B. Bennett ; B. Ostendorf ; S. Westra ; R.R. Walker ; A. Pellegrino ; E.J. Edwards ; C. Collins ; V. Pagay ; D. Grigg |Context: Effective vineyard decision making at strategic and operational timescales requires consideration of many factors, including vineyard design and management options, exogenous factors that are outside of the decision maker's control such[...]Article
Recent years have witnessed a substantial decline of both managed and wild bees in Europe due to the increase of pesticides use. Hence, many European agricultural systems depend on the buy/rental of managed bees in order to maintain sufficient l[...]Article
C. Laurent ; B. Oger ; J.A. Taylor ; T. Scholasch ; A. Metay ; B. Tisseyre |Grapevine yield is defined as the quantity of harvest, expressed as either grape mass or wine volumeunits, which has been collected per surface unit are and per crop cycle. The information about current and future yield, termed a yield assessmen[...]Article
V. Mereu ; A. Gallo ; A. Trabucco ; G. Carboni ; D. Spano |The Mediterranean basin has been identified as a prominent hotspot of climate change, with expected negative impacts on crop productivity, among others. Given the primary role that agriculture has to sustain cultural values, economic opportuniti[...]Article
K. Fotia ; A. Mehmeti ; I. Tsirogiannis ; G. Nanos ; A.P. Mamolos ; N. Malamos ; P. Barouchas ; M. Todorovic |Olive cultivation is expanding rapidly in the northwestern part of Greece, under both rainfed and irrigated practices. Irrigation can result in larger yields and economic returns, but trade-offs in the waterenergypollution nexus remain a contr[...]Article
D. Lawo ; T. Neifer ; M. Esau ; S. Vonholdt ; G. Stevens |Consumer information and engagement are important for establishing sustainable consumption practices. While previous research on information provision with traceability apps focused on persuasion at the point-of-sale, consumer research highlight[...]Article
Artificial neural networks are one of the most important elements of machine learning and artificial intelligence. They are inspired by the human brain structure and function as if they are based on interconnected nodes in which simple processin[...]Article
N. Borghino ; M. Corson ; L. Nitschelm ; A. Wilfart ; J. Fleuet ; M. Moraine ; T.A. Breland ; P. Lescoat ; O. Godinot |Territorial Life Cycle Assessment (TLCA) appears a promising method to support informed decision making of local actors in territorial agricultural production systems (TAPS), by assessing environmental impacts of agricultural activities and pote[...]Article
A. Terrieux ; M. Gafsi ; U. Fiaschi |Les ateliers de transformation collectifs (ATC) ont émergé au cours des 30 dernières années pour aider les agriculteurs dans leurs stratégies de diversification, en mutualisant différentes ressources productives. Si les travaux sur la coopératio[...]Article
S. van Mourik ; R. van der Tol ; R. Linker ; D. Reyes-Lastiri ; G. Kootstra ; P.G. Koerkamp ; E.J. van Henten |A challenge in modern farming is to find a sustainable way of achieving sufficient production. Precision in dosage, timing and allocation of water, biocides, fertilizer and other inputs is essential, as are such management actions as harvesting,[...]Article
Today, the benefits of climate diversity and scaling up farmers' coordination to the landscape are particularly crucial in meeting increasing food demand and planning crop cultivation. The growing population with changing dietary patterns create[...]Article
S.O. Araújo ; R.S. Peres ; J. Barata ; F. Lidon ; J.C. Ramalho |Investment in technological research is imperative to stimulate the development of sustainable solutions for the agricultural sector. Advances in Internet of Things, sensors and sensor networks, robotics, artificial intelligence, big data, cloud[...]Article
This work proposes a holistic landscape assessment methodology, with novel and practical tools, which can support sustainable landscape development for small islands. The Greek island of Gavdos is the case study. An Islandscape character assessm[...]Article
Strategic foresight is systematic means to explore plausible futures. In the agricultural context, strategic foresight allows decision-makers to explore how alternative investments in agriculture research may function given anticipated futures a[...]Article
V. Assumma ; M. Bottero ; E. De Angelis ; J.M. Lourenço ; R. Monaco ; A.J. Soares |This paper aims to assess the territorial resilience of a socio-ecological system through an innovative integrated evaluation framework to aid the decision-making process in the planning of transformation scenarios. This framework employs a set [...]Article
M. Donner ; A. Verniquet ; J. Broeze ; K. Kayser ; H. De Vries |For a transition from a linear, take-make-dispose economy to a sustainable usage of all constituents of renewable resources in cascading and circular pathways, new business models valorising streams that are currently considered as waste are n[...]Article
I. Caglayan ; A. Yesil ; Ö. Kabak ; P. Bettinger |In general, studies are carried out to determine the location and to resolve trade-offs in the management of forests according to ecosystem services. The government of Turkey also has been advancing this type of analysis in the practical managem[...]Article
Today's agricultural management decisions impact food security and sustainable ecosystems, even when operating with back-to-basic operations. In such endeavors, policymakers usually need a quantitative tool, such as trade-offs margins, to effect[...]Thèse, Mémoire, Master
Leau est une ressource essentielle pour les écosystèmes, la santé humaine et la plupart des activités anthropiques comme lagriculture, la production dénergie ou lindustrie. La préservation et la remédiation de cette ressource sont donc des e[...]Communication à un Congrès (avec Actes)
G. Kleftodimos | 2021Recent years have witnessed a substantial decline of both managed and wild bees in Europe due to the increase of pesticides use. Hence, many European agricultural systems depend on the buy/rental of managed bees in order to maintain sufficient l[...]Thèse, Mémoire, Master
La conchyliculture est une activité historique et structurante des côtes françaises. Elle sexerce dans un écosystème naturel et économique complexe et très variable. Face aux plusieurs enjeux, des mesures de gestion sont adoptées par les entrep[...]Article
J.M.P. Ribeiro ; I.I. Berchin ; S. da Silva Neiva ; T. Soares ; C.L. de Albuquerque Junior ; A.B. Deggau ; W.S. de Amorim ; S.B. Barbosa ; L. Secchi ; J.B.S.O. de Andrade Guerra |Global environmental changes coupled with socioeconomic changes are major challenges to food security. Changes in climate affect most food crops, particularly in countries that rely on agriculture for subsistence. The article proposes a model to[...]Article
Climate strongly determines the growing range of fruit plant species that can be grown successfully in an area, and also the cultivars that will perform best. Therefore, the assessment of the adequacy of a climate is critical for decision-making[...]Article
Different bio-impacts affect the various properties and composition of soil, plant residues, harvests, and technological processes, as well as the interactions between different parts of the soil, working machine tools, energy consumption and en[...]Article
S. Vouraki ; I. Skourtis ; K. Psichos ; W. Jones ; C. Davis ; M. Johnson ; L.R. Rupérez ; A. Theodoridis ; G. Arsenos |The viability of the European sheep and goat sector is threatened by market, policy, social and technical challenges. To address such challenges, innovations for efficient farm management, especially with decision support capabilities, are consi[...]Article
This is a brief review about irrigation scheduling tools and water management models for efficient on-farm watering of vegetable crops under open field conditions. This is the first step required for reducing water losses due to drainage and for[...]Article
A certain number of factors can affect the functioning of the distribution chains of large agrifood companies and impact their efficiency. Among them, poor adaptation to fluctuations in demand, imperfect control of production and transport costs[...]Article
Resilience, defined as the ability to recover quickly and effectively from a disruption, is critically important for supply chains. Yet, it has not been quantified as frequently as supply chain robustness. In this paper we review the existing me[...]Article
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Revue des régions arides, n. 47 - Octobre 2020 - Capitalisation de lexpérience tunisienne et valorisation des acquis dans le domaine du développement des territoires pastoraux
M. Neffati, ed. ; M. Sghaier, ed. ; T. Khorchani, ed. | 2020Article
Decision support systems and models for aiding irrigation and nutrient management of vegetable crops
Vegetable growers in Europe are continually under increasing pressure to optimize irrigation and nutrient management. This results from the widespread effects of climate change and of competition from other sectors for water, and increasing soci[...]Article
Analysis of energy consumed and greenhouse gases (GHG) emitted by farming systems is considered an important part of an environmental performance's evaluation, especially within an agroecological context. In this study, we focused on the aspects[...]Article
As a result of the growing awareness of the need to prevent food waste, several initiatives have been launched in the last few years to reduce food waste generated across the food supply chain. However, the evaluation of food waste prevention in[...]Article
B. Coluccia ; D. Valente ; G. Fusco ; F. De Leo ; D. Porrini |Agriculture plays a key role in providing a wide range of ecosystem services, such as food, feed, fiber and biofuel, thus taking part in the economic development of countries. On the other hand, this sector also gives rise to negative externalit[...]Article
S.K. Abd-Elmabod ; M. Muñoz-Rojas ; A. Jordán ; M. Anaya-Romero ; J.D. Phillips ; L. Jones ; Z. Zhang ; P. Pereira ; L. Fleskens ; M. van der Ploeg ; D. de la Rosa |Climate change impacts are a serious threat to food provisioning, security and the economy. Thus, assessing agricultural suitability and yield reduction under climate change is crucial for sustainable agricultural production. In this study, we u[...]Article
This paper examines stakeholders preferences concerning diversification of small scale fishery activities, which has become a necessity for many small-scale fishermen in order to provide additional sources of income, as their income is often in[...]Article
O. Mghirbi ; J. Caubel ; P. Le Grusse ; E. Mandart ; J. Fabre ; I. Nembrot ; S.J. Arredondo ; S. Louvet ; J.-P. Boulanger |Pour faire face à laugmentation de la demande alimentaire, les modes de production de lagriculture se sont tournés vers la mécanisation et lutilisation intensive dintrants. Lagriculture française est très dépendante de ces intrants, notamme[...]Article
Land use change at the local stage affects the flow of ecosystem services at all levels. Analyzing the causes of land use change such as anthropogenic activities in the case of the Ourika watershed will facilitate sustainable policies. A decisio[...]Article
M. Fontanet ; M. Fontanet ; E. Scudiero ; T.H. Skaggs ; D. Fernàndez-Garcia ; F. Ferrer ; G. Rodrigo ; J. Bellvert |Irrigation scheduling decision-support tools can improve water use efficiency by matching irrigation recommendations to prevailing soil and crop conditions within a season. Yet, little research is available on how to support real-time precision [...]Article
M.P.M. Meuwissen ; P.H. Feindt ; P. Midmore ; E. Wauters ; R. Finger ; F. Appel ; A. Spiegel ; E. Mathijs ; K.J.A.M. Termeer ; A. Balmann ; Y. de Mey ; P. Reidsma |Many farming systems in Europe are struggling to respond to accumulating economic, environmental, institutional and social challenges. From a resilience perspective, they need three distinct capacities to continue delivering products, income and[...]Article
I. Coteur ; H. Wustenberghs ; L. Debruyne ; L. Lauwers ; F. Marchand |A multitude of farm-level sustainability assessment tools (SATs) exists, reflecting a variety of agricultural practices and sustainability perceptions. Tools differ and insight is lacking about how they match with farmers' needs. This paper exam[...]Article
A. Berardy ; T. Seager ; C. Costello ; C. Wharton |Researchers use life cycle assessment (LCA) to evaluate the environmental impacts of foods, providing useful information to other researchers, policy-makers, consumers, and manufacturers. However, LCA is ill-equipped to account for desirable, of[...]Article
A. Elbeltagi ; J. Deng ; K. Wang ; Y. Hong |Modeling crop water use as a useful decision tool for agricultural policy decision-makers to improve water-use efficiency has been increasing. This study aimed to estimate, forecast, and model the green and blue water footprints (WFg and WFb, re[...]Article
V. Arulnathan ; M.D. Heidari ; M. Doyon ; E. Li ; N. Pelletier |In response to the recognized importance of agri-food systems for sustainable development, a variety of sustainability assessment methods for agri-food production have been developed. These sustainability assessment methods vary in their scope, [...]Article
H. Bazzi ; N. Baghdadi ; I. Fayad ; M. Zribi ; H. Belhouchette ; V. Demarez |In the context of monitoring and assessment of water consumption in the agricultural sector, the objective of this study is to build an operational approach capable of detecting irrigation events at plot scale in a near real-time scenario using [...]Article
The use of satellites to monitor crops and support their management is gathering increasing attention. The improved temporal, spatial, and spectral resolution of the European Space Agency (ESA) launched Sentinel-2 A + B twin platform is paving t[...]Article
Participants in agricultural land markets require comprehensive statistics in order to make informed decisions in relation to agricultural land and the associated production. The publication of such data supports land mobility, the competitivene[...]Article
Z. Zhai ; J.F. Martínez ; V. Beltran ; N.L. Martínez |Undoubtedly, high demands for food from the world-wide growing population are impacting the environment and putting many pressures on agricultural productivity. Agriculture 4.0, as the fourth evolution in the farming technology, puts forward fou[...]Article
Two thirds of human water use is linked to agricultural practices including crop irrigation. Furthermore, excess irrigation leads to drainage problems. For this reason, reduced irrigation strategies need to be implemented to protect water resour[...]Article
With the growing population and climate change, increasing demands for water are intensifying competition between agricultural stakeholders. Since the mid-20th century, numerous crop models and modeling techniques have emerged for the quantitati[...]Article
In intensive agricultural systems, irrigation and nitrogen (N) fertilizer are the most important factors that influence crop production and N losses. This work aimed to evaluate the N best management practices using the calibrated and validated [...]Article
There is a growing consensus that sustainable development requires a behavioral change, forced by firm decision-making. However, existing decision-supporting tools are unlikely to provide relevant information, hampered by the complexity of combi[...]Article
The information that crops offer is turned into profitable decisions only when efficiently managed. Current advances in data management are making Smart Farming grow exponentially as data have become the key element in modern agriculture to help[...]Article
One of the greatest 21st century challenges is meeting the need to feed a growing world population which is expected to increase by about 35% by 2050. To meet this challenge, it is necessary to make major improvements on current food production [...]