Smart Farms

Part 1 General



1.Trends in farm information management systems: Liisa Pesonen, Natural Resources Institute (LUKE), Finland;
2.The role of digital technologies in achieving sustainable agriculture: Thiago L. Romanelli, Andre F. Colaco and Joao P. S. Veiga, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil;
3.Key issues in incorporating proximal and remote sensor data into farm decision-making: Adelia M. O. Sousa, Universidade de Evora, MED, CHANGE, EarsLab, Portugal; Jose R. Marques da Silva, Universidade de Evora, MED, CHANGE, Agroinsider Lda, Portugal; Joao Serrano, Shakib Shahidian and Duarte Lobo da Silveira, Universidade de Evora, MED, CHANGE, Portugal; Manuela Simoes, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal; Ana Cristina Goncalves, Maria Joao P. Caldinhas and Vasco Fitas da Cruz, Universidade de Evora, MED, CHANGE, Portugal; Arilson J. de Oliveira Junior and Silvia R. Lucas de Souza, Sao Paulo State University, Brazil; Diogo R. Coelho, Universidade de Evora, MED, Portugal; Patricia Lourenco, Agroinsider Lda, Portugal; and Fatima F. Baptista, Universidade de Evora, MED, CHANGE, Portugal;
4.Agri Semantics: developments to improve data interoperability to support farm information management and decision support systems in agriculture: Saba Noor, Jade Bokma and Bart Pardon, Ghent University, Belgium; Gerdien van Schaik, Utrecht University, The Netherlands; and Miel Hostens, Cornell University, USA;
5.Using data mining techniques for decision support in agriculture: support vector machines: Wu Caicong, China Agricultural University, China;

Part 2 Case studies



6.Developing decision support systems for irrigation/water management on farms: Fedro S. Zazueta, University of Florida, USA;
7.Advances in crop disease forecasting models: Nathaniel Newlands, Summerland Research and Development Centre, Science and Technology Branch, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canada;
8.Smart farming in extensive livestock production: the Australian experience: David W. Lamb, Food Agility Cooperative Research Centre/ Precision Agriculture Research Group - University of New England/ Gulbali Research Institute - Charles Sturt University, Australia;