Digital Innovations in Agriculture—Series II

Dear Colleagues,

The world population is increasing significantly and is expected to reach almost 10 billion in the year 2050. At the same time, observed climate change is accelerating and affecting agricultural production strongly. These aspects, as well as the latest socio-economic limitations caused by the standoff following the COVID-19 pandemic, are the ongoing economic crisis bringing new challenges to modern agriculture and the need to have high production efficiency combined with a high quality of obtained products in accordance with the principles of sustainable production. These requirements are linked to all branches of agriculture: crop production, livestock production and other links supporting the production of healthy food.

To meet these challenges, advanced digital innovation techniques are more and more frequently being used, including those based on machine learning, artificial neural networks, Internet of Things (IoT), Big Data and Digital Twins. They are widely applied in solving various optimization tasks in the agri-food production processes in the context of the increasing use of precision and digital farming technologies on the path from Agriculture 3.0 to 5.0.

The featured SI is a continuation of the very substantive and popular SI of the Agriculture journal. The current issue focuses even more on the contribution of modern technology to the development and ongoing support of sustainable, regenerative and balanced agriculture. We invite authors to submit all types of manuscripts, including original research, research concepts, communications and reviews related to digital innovation, widely defined, in the agri-food sector.

Prof. Dr. Gniewko Niedbała
Dr. Sebastian Kujawa
Dr. Magdalena Piekutowska
Dr. Tomasz Wojciechowski
Guest Editors

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