Smart and sustainable agriculture: Fundamentals, enabling technologies, and future directions

Jararweh, Yaser; Fatima, Sana; Jarrah, Moath; AlZu’bi, Shadi

doi:10.1016/j.compeleceng.2023.108799

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“…Thus, assuming that 1 mm of water supplied to plants during drip irrigation is equivalent to 10 m 3 per ha (DI), then in the case of the Kuyavian-Pomeranian province for very dry years (N 10% = 183 mm, Table 5), i.e., when securing water needs is 90%, the volume of the water reservoir should be 45,750 m 3 , i.e., V = 183 mm × 10 m 3 × 25 ha = 45,750 m 3 . These calculations were made based on the following Formula (4): The development of the idea of sustainable management in agriculture places emphasis on optimization of production [62]. Drost [63] emphasizes that productivity in the case of asparagus results from the interaction of selecting appropriate cultivars, the production environment, and production management that maximizes yield.…”

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Sustainable Water Management of Drip-Irrigated Asparagus under Conditions of Central Poland: Evapotranspiration, Water Needs and Rainfall Deficits

Rolbiecki,

Sadan

et al. 2024

Sustainability

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Water is a valuable yet scarce resource in agriculture. Optimizing crop production relies on irrigation, but within the framework of sustainable agriculture, efforts should prioritize reducing irrigation water usage. Unfortunately, climate change increases plant water requirements, consequently heightening the need for irrigation. The aim of the research was to estimate the water needs of asparagus during the fern growth period (21 June–31 August) using the Blaney–Criddle method. The study also aimed to determine trends in changing water needs and estimate precipitation deficits. Calculations were carried out for the years 1981–2020 across four provinces in central Poland. The research indicated that water needs varied between 233 mm and 242 mm, depending on the province. Over the forty-year period, all provinces displayed an increasing trend in water needs, with a rise of 3.1 mm to 6.2 mm per decade. Between 21 June and 31 August, rainfall deficits occurred with varying intensity in all provinces during normal, medium dry and very dry years. The values of water needs and rainfall deficit, calculated as a result of the research, are of key importance in the design, construction, and management of drip irrigation systems for asparagus plantations in central Poland.

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Sustainable Water Management of Drip-Irrigated Asparagus under Conditions of Central Poland: Evapotranspiration, Water Needs and Rainfall Deficits

Rolbiecki,

Sadan

et al. 2024

Sustainability

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“…This evolution is forced not only by the growing global population but also by the changing climate and the declining availability of natural resources. The call for sustainable food production resonates around the world (Jararweh et al, 2023;Azlan et al, 2024). It's not just about increasing the amount of food produced; the point is to do this in a way that uses fewer resources, reduces environmental impact, and at the same time improves farmers' livelihoods.…”

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Importance of Nano-Sized Feed Additives in Animal Nutrition

Dumlu

2024

Journal of Agricultural Production

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"Nano", which derives from the Latin word nanus and means dwarf, refers to a very small unit of measurement equal to one billionth of a meter. Nanotechnology, which deals with the manipulation of matter at the atomic and molecular level, has an application area in animal husbandry as well as in many fields. Nano-sized feed additives, which have come to the forefront in the livestock sector in recent years, have become an innovative application used to increase the nutritional value of feeds and optimize animal health and performance. Since these additives are nano-sized particles with increased specific surface area, they can have a positive effect on a number of factors such as digestibility, nutrient absorption, immune system, growth and development. Minerals in the form of nanoparticles used as feed additives can increase bioavailability by passing through the intestinal wall to body cells faster compared to larger particles. The nano level of the substance not only increases the productivity of animals, but also brings the potential to improve the functionality of feed molecules. Nano feed additives increase the digestion and absorption of feed, allowing animals to benefit from feed more effectively. However, there are several challenges associated with this approach. These include the potential for endotoxin production, reduced nutrient absorption due to interaction with natural nutrients, the possibility of nanoparticle accumulation in the animal body, health risks, ethical considerations, environmental concerns and some negative effects such as interference with natural nutrients that can be avoided by encapsulation. This article discusses recent studies on nano-sized feed additives that offer potential benefits in animal nutrition.

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“…Smart farming, as an evolution of precision agriculture, is an approach that goes beyond the optimization of specific farming tasks to a data-driven and system-based approach to optimize the entire farming system [1][2][3]. Under a systems perspective, smart farming encompasses various components and processes, including sensors (proximal and remote), data processing and data analysis, decision support, automation and control including robotics [4][5][6][7], and connectivity and communication (including cloud and IoT technologies) [8,9] up to a supply chain level [10][11][12], while the whole approach should also consider the sustainability [13][14][15][16], data security [17][18][19], and privacy perspectives [20][21][22].…”

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Integrated Route-Planning System for Agricultural Robots

Asiminari,

Moysiadis,

Kateris

et al. 2024

AgriEngineering

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Within the transition from precision agriculture (task-specific approach) to smart farming (system-specific approach) there is a need to build and evaluate robotic systems that are part of an overall integrated system under a continuous two-way connection and interaction. This paper presented an initial step in creating an integrated system for agri-robotics, enabling two-way communication between an unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) and a farm management information system (FMIS) under the general scope of smart farming implementation. In this initial step, the primary task of route-planning for the agricultural vehicles, as a prerequisite for the execution of any field operation, was selected as a use-case for building and evaluating this integration. The system that was developed involves advanced route-planning algorithms within the cloud-based FMIS, a comprehensive algorithmic package compatible with agricultural vehicles utilizing the Robot Operating System (ROS), and a communicational and computational unit (CCU) interconnecting the FMIS algorithms, the corresponding user interface, and the vehicles. Its analytical module provides valuable information about UGVs’ performance metrics, specifically performance indicators of working distance, non-working distance, overlapped area, and field-traversing efficiency. The system was demonstrated via the implementation of two robotic vehicles in route-execution tasks in various operational configurations, field features, and cropping systems (open field, row crops, orchards). The case studies showed variability in the operational performance of the field traversal efficiency to be between 79.2% and 93%, while, when implementing the optimal route-planning functionality of the system, there was an improvement of up to 9.5% in the field efficiency. The demonstrated results indicate that the user can obtain better control over field operations by making alterations to ensure optimum field performance, and the user can have complete supervision of the operation.

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Smart and sustainable agriculture: Fundamentals, enabling technologies, and future directions

Cited by 47 publications

References 19 publications

Sustainable Water Management of Drip-Irrigated Asparagus under Conditions of Central Poland: Evapotranspiration, Water Needs and Rainfall Deficits

Sustainable Water Management of Drip-Irrigated Asparagus under Conditions of Central Poland: Evapotranspiration, Water Needs and Rainfall Deficits

Importance of Nano-Sized Feed Additives in Animal Nutrition

Integrated Route-Planning System for Agricultural Robots

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