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AgriEngineering, Volume 7, Issue 1

January 2025 - 21 articles

Cover Story: Field surveys and life cycle assessments can provide unreliable and non-repeatable results for the evaluation of direct energy inputs and the assessment of the carbon footprint of a tractor during the execution of an agricultural operation. This study exploits numerical simulation to assess these parameters during pesticide treatment and milling operation. The digital models of two commercial tractors were developed starting from experimental data of the power required at the PTO by the operating machines. The estimated fuel consumption and carbon footprint were 7.8 L·ha−1 and 26.5 kgCO2·ha−1 for pesticide treatment, and 23.2 L·ha−1 and 68.4 kgCO2·ha−1 for milling. The corresponding direct energy inputs required for the two performed agricultural operations were equal to 300.3 MJ·ha−1 and 893.2 MJ·ha−1, respectively. View this paper
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Articles (21)

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  • Open Access
2,056 Views
24 Pages

Environmental Covariates for Sampling Optimization and Pest Prediction in Soybean Crops

  • Cenneya Lopes Martins,
  • Maiara Pusch,
  • Wesley Augusto Conde Godoy and
  • Lucas Rios do Amaral

Insect pest infestations can vary due to spatial differences in microclimates and food availability within agroecosystems. Covariates can reflect these environmental conditions. This study tested whether using environmental covariates in two-phase sa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,119 Views
14 Pages

Electronic Playback Devices to Reduce Ungulates’ Attendance in an Olive Grove Farm in the Province of Florence (Italy)

  • Leonardo Conti,
  • Giulia Angeloni,
  • Piernicola Masella,
  • Caterina Sottili,
  • Ferdinando Corti,
  • Stefano Camiciottoli,
  • Veronica Racanelli,
  • Agnese Spadi,
  • Francesco Garbati Pegna and
  • Alessandro Parenti

(1) Background: Human–wildlife conflict can lead to adverse consequences for both parties, particularly in areas with a high concentration of wild ungulates. Ungulates cause frequent, severe plant damage by stripping the bark or browsing on the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,516 Views
16 Pages

Mixing Data Cube Architecture and Geo-Object-Oriented Time Series Segmentation for Mapping Heterogeneous Landscapes

  • Michel E. D. Chaves,
  • Lívia G. D. Soares,
  • Gustavo H. V. Barros,
  • Ana Letícia F. Pessoa,
  • Ronaldo O. Elias,
  • Ana Claudia Golzio,
  • Katyanne V. Conceição and
  • Flávio J. O. Morais

The conflict between environmental conservation and agricultural production highlights the need for precise land use and land cover (LULC) mapping to support agro-environmental-related policies. Satellite image time series from the Moderate Resolutio...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,944 Views
21 Pages

Autonomous, Multisensory Soil Monitoring System

  • Valentina-Daniela Băjenaru,
  • Simona-Elena Istrițeanu and
  • Paul-Nicolae Ancuța

The research investigates the advantages of real-time soil quality monitoring for various land management applications. We emphasize the crucial role of soil modeling and mapping by visualizing and understanding aridity trends across different region...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,578 Views
15 Pages

RGB Composition Obtained by a UAV in the Monitoring of Sugarcane Row Gaps Using the Biophysical Index

  • Camila G. B. de Melo,
  • Mário M. Rolim,
  • Roberta Q. Cavalcanti,
  • Marcos V. da Silva,
  • Ana Lúcia B. Candeias,
  • Pabrício M. O. Lopes,
  • Pedro F. S. Ortiz and
  • Renato P. de Lima

Sugarcane crops have a long cycle with successive harvests before re-planting, and row gaps are one of the main problems associated with the yield. The objective of this study was to establish an alternative methodology for measuring the planting and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,125 Views
25 Pages

Effect of Green Roofs on the Thermal Environment of Prototype Broiler Houses

  • Maria Angela de Souza,
  • Fernanda Campos de Sousa,
  • Alex Lopes da Silva,
  • Thauane Cordeiro Soares,
  • Charles Paranhos Oliveira,
  • Ricardo Brauer Vigoderis,
  • Fernando da Costa Baêta and
  • Ilda de Fátima Ferreira Tinôco

The management of thermal environments in animal production facilities presents significant challenges, requiring continuous adjustments to meet animals’ physiological needs. This study evaluated the effects of green roofs on the thermal enviro...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,351 Views
13 Pages

Characterization of the Droplet Population Generated by Centrifugal Atomization Nozzles of UAV Sprayers

  • Fábio Henrique Rojo Baio,
  • Job Teixeira de Oliveira,
  • Marcos Eduardo Miranda Alves,
  • Larissa Pereira Ribeiro Teodoro,
  • Fernando França da Cunha and
  • Paulo Eduardo Teodoro

The use of unmanned aerial spraying systems is currently being explored and applied worldwide. The objective of this study was to characterize the droplet population generated by hydraulic nozzles and centrifugal atomization nozzles used in sprayers...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,560 Views
16 Pages

Fusion of Remotely Sensed Data with Monitoring Well Measurements for Groundwater Level Management

  • César de Oliveira Ferreira Silva,
  • Rodrigo Lilla Manzione,
  • Epitácio Pedro da Silva Neto,
  • Ulisses Alencar Bezerra and
  • John Elton Cunha

In the realm of hydrological engineering, integrating extensive geospatial raster data from remote sensing (Big Data) with sparse field measurements offers a promising approach to improve prediction accuracy in groundwater studies. In this study, we...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,883 Views
25 Pages

Agriculture is vital for providing food and economic benefits, but crop diseases pose significant challenges, including coffee cultivation. Traditional methods for disease identification are labor-intensive and lack real-time capabilities. This study...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,143 Views
16 Pages

Enhancing Environmental Control in Broiler Production: Retrieval-Augmented Generation for Improved Decision-Making with Large Language Models

  • Marcus Vinicius Leite,
  • Jair Minoro Abe,
  • Marcos Leandro Hoffmann Souza and
  • Irenilza de Alencar Nääs

The growing global demand for animal protein, particularly chicken meat, challenges poultry farming to adapt production systems through the adoption of digital technologies. Among the promising advances in artificial intelligence (AI), large language...

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