Safety, Health and Welfare in Agriculture and Agro-food Systems

Safety, Health and Welfare in Agriculture and Agro-food Systems

Author: Marcello Biocca

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2022-03-22

Total Pages: 519

ISBN-13: 3030980928

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This book gathers the latest advances, innovations and applications in the field of agricultural biotechnology, agro-food systems and forestry, as presented by leading international researchers and engineers at the 5th International Conference on Safety, Health and Welfare in Agriculture and Agro-food Systems (SHWA), held in Ragusa, Italy, on September 15-18, 2021. The papers cover a range of topics such as agricultural assistive technologies, machine milking, animal welfare, sustainable livestock farming, work organization and logistic in agro-food supply chain, agricultural instrumentation and equipment, safety and health in building, agriculture 4.0, automation, occupational health, precision farming, effect of landscapes on human health, environmental safety, rural health, agricultural machinery, ROPS, augmented reality and IoT, cyber security. The contributions included in the book were selected by means of a rigorous peer-review process, and offer an extensive and multidisciplinary overview of interesting solutions in the field of sustainable agriculture.


Occupational and Environmental Safety and Health

Occupational and Environmental Safety and Health

Author: Pedro M. Arezes

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2019-02-27

Total Pages: 805

ISBN-13: 3030147304

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This book explores a number of important issues in the area of occupational safety and hygiene. Presenting both research and best practices for the evaluation of occupational risk, safety and health in various types of industry, it particularly focuses on occupational safety in automated environments, innovative management systems and occupational safety in a global context. The different chapters examine the perspectives of all those involved, such as managers, workers and OSH professionals. Based on selected contributions presented at the 15th International Symposium on Occupational Safety and Hygiene (SHO 2019), held on 15–16 April, 2019, in Guimarães, Portugal, the book serves as a timely reference guide and source of inspiration to OSH researchers, practitioners and organizations operating in a global context.


Big Data Analytics and Computational Intelligence for Cybersecurity

Big Data Analytics and Computational Intelligence for Cybersecurity

Author: Mariya Ouaissa

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2022-09-01

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 303105752X

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This book presents a collection of state-of-the-art artificial intelligence and big data analytics approaches to cybersecurity intelligence. It illustrates the latest trends in AI/ML-based strategic defense mechanisms against malware, vulnerabilities, cyber threats, as well as proactive countermeasures. It also introduces other trending technologies, such as blockchain, SDN, and IoT, and discusses their possible impact on improving security. The book discusses the convergence of AI/ML and big data in cybersecurity by providing an overview of theoretical, practical, and simulation concepts of computational intelligence and big data analytics used in different approaches of security. It also displays solutions that will help analyze complex patterns in user data and ultimately improve productivity. This book can be a source for researchers, students, and practitioners interested in the fields of artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, data analytics, and recent trends of networks.


Sensing Approaches for Precision Agriculture

Sensing Approaches for Precision Agriculture

Author: Ruth Kerry

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2021-11-23

Total Pages: 425

ISBN-13: 3030784312

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Sensing Approaches for Precision Agriculture aims to bring together the ‘state of the art’ of the most popular sensing techniques and the current state of research on the application of sensors in Precision Agriculture (PA). Sensing is of great value in PA because it provides cheap and immediate data for management. This book gives a broad overview of sensing in PA and a coherent introduction for new professionals and research scientists. Readers are introduced to the potential applications of a range of different sensors, how they should be used properly and their limitations for use in PA. Chapters on specific topics and case studies provide depth and enable implementation of the methods by users. A general introduction about sensing techniques in PA is followed by Chapters 2–9 on the most important specific techniques in sensing and Chapters 10–13 include mini-case studies, each showing cutting-edge applications for different sensing methods. Finally, there is an Epilogue on how we expect sensors and analysis to develop.


Sensors Application in Agriculture

Sensors Application in Agriculture

Author: Dimitrios S. Paraforos

Publisher: MDPI

Published: 2020-11-06

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 3039432583

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Novel technologies are playing an important role in the development of crop and livestock farming and have the potential to be the key drivers of sustainable intensification of agricultural systems. In particular, new sensors are now available with reduced dimensions, reduced costs, and increased performances, which can be implemented and integrated in production systems, providing more data and eventually an increase in information. It is of great importance to support the digital transformation, precision agriculture, and smart farming, and to eventually allow a revolution in the way food is produced. In order to exploit these results, authoritative studies from the research world are still needed to support the development and implementation of new solutions and best practices. This Special Issue is aimed at bringing together recent developments related to novel sensors and their proved or potential applications in agriculture.


Sensing, Data Managing, and Control Technologies for Agricultural Systems

Sensing, Data Managing, and Control Technologies for Agricultural Systems

Author: Shaochun Ma

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2022-06-06

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 3031038347

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Agricultural automation is the emerging technologies which heavily rely on computer-integrated management and advanced control systems. The tedious farming tasks had been taken over by agricultural machines in last century, in new millennium, computer-aided systems, automation, and robotics has been applied to precisely manage agricultural production system. With agricultural automation technologies, sustainable agriculture is being developed based on efficient use of land, increased conservation of water, fertilizer and energy resources. The agricultural automation technologies refer to related areas in sensing & perception, reasoning & learning, data communication, and task planning & execution. Since the literature on this diverse subject is widely scattered, it is necessary to review current status and capture the future challenges through a comprehensive monograph. In this book we focus on agricultural automation and provide critical reviews of advanced control technologies, their merits and limitations, application areas and research opportunities for further development. This collection thus serves as an authoritative treatise that can help researchers, engineers, educators, and students in the field of sensing, control, and automation technologies for production agriculture.


Fundamentals of Agricultural and Field Robotics

Fundamentals of Agricultural and Field Robotics

Author: Manoj Karkee

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2021

Total Pages: 462

ISBN-13: 3030704009

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Over the past century, mechanization has been an important means for optimizing resource utilization, improving worker health and safety and reducing labor requirements in farming while increasing productivity and quality of 4F (Food, Fuel, Fiber, Feed). Recognizing this contribution, agricultural mechanization was considered as one of the top ten engineering achievements of 20th century by the National Academy of Engineering. Accordingly farming communities have adopted increasing level of automation and robotics to further improve the precision management of crops (including input resources), increase productivity and reduce farm labor beyond what has been possible with conventional mechanization technologies. It is more important than ever to continue to develop and adopt novel automation and robotic solutions into farming so that some of the most complex agricultural tasks, which require huge amount of seasonal labor such as fruit and vegetable harvesting, could be automated while meeting the rapidly increasing need for 4F. In addition, continual innovation in and adoption of agricultural automation and robotic technologies is essential to minimize the use of depleting resources including water, minerals and other chemicals so that sufficient amount of safe and healthy food can be produced for current generation while not compromising the potential for the future generation. This book aims at presenting the fundamental principles of various aspects of automation and robotics as they relate to production agriculture (the branch of agriculture dealing with farming operations from field preparation to seeding, to harvesting and field logistics). The building blocks of agricultural automation and robotics that are discussed in the book include sensing and machine vision, control, guidance, manipulation and end-effector technologies. The fundamentals and operating principles of these technologies are explained with examples from cutting-edge research and development currently going on around the word. This book brings together scientists, engineers, students and professionals working in these and related technologies to present their latest examples of agricultural automation and robotics research, innovation and development while explaining the fundamentals of the technology. The book, therefore, benefits those who wish to develop novel agricultural engineering solutions and/or to adopt them in the future. .


Intelligent Robots and Drones for Precision Agriculture

Intelligent Robots and Drones for Precision Agriculture

Author: B Sundaravadivazhagan

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2024-04-10

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9783031511943

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This book provides extensive information about smart farming, precision agriculture and the technologies that make them succeed. The authors provide detailed machine learning and deep learning models and algorithms that can be implemented effectively to improve smart farming methods. The authors also give elaborate information about the various IoT devices and types of drones that are used vastly in smart farming culture. The authors show specifically how methods and techniques used to improve the crop yield can be executed to help the farmers to improve the agricultural process and cultivation methods using a rule-based methodology. The purpose of this book is to articulate the need for processes, platforms, practices, patterns, and rules to be followed for the better yield of crop production and how IoT, robotics and drones can be used to improve the economy of the countries in the field of agriculture. In a nutshell, the book shows how the combination of multiple cutting-edge technologies leads to the realization of state-of-the-art infrastructures for next-generation agriculture.