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Agriculture 4.0: Internet of Things and Digital Agriculture submission deadline 15 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 210 | Submission Open
Keywords: Agriculture 4.0; IoT; precision agriculture; sensors; drones; data analytics; soil monitoring; crop health; irrigation; water management; smart greenhouses; aeroponics; nutrient monitoring; AI; machine learning; wireless protocols; water scarcity; sustainability
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer Applications and Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture)
Computer Vision for Smart Agriculture
edited by and Huijun Yang
submission deadline 26 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 137 | Submission Open
Keywords: computer vision; image processing; smart agriculture; phenotyping; vision sensors; robotics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer Applications and Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture)
Solar Energy Integration into Controlled-Environment Agriculture
edited by Reda Hassanien Emam Hassanien
submission deadline 30 Mar 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 238 | Submission Open
Keywords: photovoltaic-greenhouses (PVG); agri-voltaic; PVT-greenhouses; energy consumption; water saving
Intelligent Monitoring and Modeling of Plant–Soil–Microbe Interactions in Agriculture to Enhance Carbon Sequestration and Climate Resilience
edited by
submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 431 | Submission Open
Keywords: smart monitoring systems; agricultural system modeling; biogeochemical cycling; soil carbon dynamics; climate-smart agriculture; land-use change; process-based modeling; plant– soil– microbe interactions
Waste to Energy: The Potential of Bioenergy in Production from Agricultural Waste
edited by and Gina Javanbakht
submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 179 | Submission Open
Keywords: renewable energy; energy reuse; agricultural waste; traditional knowledge; contextual engineering; energy sovereignty
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Bioresource and Bioprocess Engineering)
Soil–Ecosystem–Crop Nexus: Innovative Engineering Approaches for Enhancing Soil Fertility and Resilience in Agricultural Productivity
edited by and Hashim Abdel-Lattif
submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 178 | Submission Open
Keywords: agro-ecosystems; crop productivity; cropping systems; crop– soil engineering approaches; innovative engineering methods; soil ecosystem; soil technological advancements; sustainable agriculture; sustainable soil management; precision agriculture
Progress and Challenges in Agricultural Product Storage Technology
edited by
submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 173 | Submission Open
Keywords: agricultural product storage; postharvest technology; food preservation methods; controlled atmosphere storage; modified atmosphere packaging; cold storage and refrigeration; shelf-life extension; postharvest losses reduction; storage system optimization; sustainable storage technologies; energy-efficient storage; food safety during storage; moisture and humidity control; environmental impact of storage systems
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pre and Post-Harvest Engineering in Agriculture)
Remote Sensing, Sensor Fusion, and Artificial Intelligence for Sustainable Agriculture submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 172 | Submission Open
Keywords: remote sensing; precision agriculture; sustainable agriculture; food security; crop monitoring; multi-/hyperspectral imaging; artificial intelligence/machine learning; sensor fusion; land use/land cover change; yield prediction; climate-smart agriculture
Precision Feeding, Digital Twins and Decision-Support Systems for Livestock Production
edited by Pablo Guarnido-lopez
submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 163 | Submission Open
Keywords: precision feeding; precision livestock farming; smart feeding systems; livestock sensors; digital twins; decision-support systems; animal nutrition modeling; feed efficiency; machine learning in livestock; sustainable animal production
(This special issue belongs to the Section Livestock Farming Technology)
Nanotechnology and Biotechnology Applications for Sustainable and Precision Poultry Production
edited by , and Shimaa Amer
submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 153 | Submission Open
Keywords: nanotechnology; biotechnology; poultry nutrition; nano-feed additives; gut microbiome; nutritional genomics; artificial intelligence; machine learning; precision poultry farming; sustainable poultry production
(This special issue belongs to the Section Livestock Farming Technology)
Smart Irrigation for Crop Systems
edited by and Mohamed Abd El-Hady
submission deadline 1 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 134 | Submission Open
Keywords: smart irrigation; precision agriculture; water-use efficiency; sensor-based irrigation; IoT in agriculture; sustainable water management; crop productivity; climate adaptation; decision support systems; automated irrigation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Irrigation Systems)
Intelligent Design, Manufacturing and Maintenance of Agricultural Machinery Equipment
edited by Zhitao Luo, Yinyan Shi and
submission deadline 1 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 124 | Submission Open
Keywords: intelligent agricultural machinery equipment; new energy agricultural machinery; intelligent design; intelligent manufacturing; intelligent maintenance; contact sensor components; fault diagnosis; remote monitoring; precision agriculture; smart farm; human– computer interaction; lightweight composites; reliability design; agricultural low-altitude transportation equipment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Mechanization and Machinery)
Deep Detection, Machine Learning and Computer Applications in Agriculture
edited by and Yibo Li
submission deadline 1 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 71 | Submission Open
Keywords: deep detection; machine learning; precision agriculture; agricultural artificial intelligence; agricultural remote sensing; crop monitoring; pest detection; agricultural big data; smart farming; agricultural informatics; agricultural system simulation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer Applications and Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture)
Smart Technologies for Agricultural Product Processing and Quality Detection
edited by , Salvador Castillo-Gironés and María Nicolás-Almansa
submission deadline 10 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 171 | Submission Open
Keywords: smart agriculture (or Agriculture 4.0); non-destructive sensing (NDS); postharvest engineering; computer vision & hyperspectral imaging; quality detection algorithms; food processing automation; internet of things (IoT) in food supply; artificial intelligence (AI) for quality control; shelf-life prediction models; sustainable packaging technologies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pre and Post-Harvest Engineering in Agriculture)
Advanced Systems for Conditioning, Storage and Packaging Applied to Agricultural and Food Products submission deadline 10 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 170 | Submission Open
Keywords: active and smart packaging; bio-based materials; postharvest technologies; nanotechnology; encapsulation; controlled release; intelligent sensors; shelf-life prediction; life cycle assessment; circular economy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pre and Post-Harvest Engineering in Agriculture)
Application of Hyperspectral Technology in Agriculture
edited by
submission deadline 10 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 135 | Submission Open
Keywords: hyperspectral imaging; smart agriculture; crop quality assessment; soil properties; non-destructive testing; precision agriculture; machine learning; deep learning; sensor fusion
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer Applications and Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture)
Application of Remote Sensing and Machine Learning in Precision Agriculture submission deadline 15 Apr 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1035 | Submission Open
Keywords: machine learning; remote sensing; drones; satellite; digital agriculture; precision agriculture; neural networks; crop yield prediction
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing in Agriculture)
Research Progress of Agricultural Drying Technology, Equipment Development and Recent Techniques submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 570 | Submission Open
Keywords: agricultural drying engineering and technology; drying kinetics; quality asessment; sensory evaluation; efficiencies and energies analysis; thermodynamic properties; renwable energy sources; hybrid dryer (HD); phase change materials (PCM); artifical intellgence (AI); machine learning (ML); deep learning (DL); artificial neural network (ANN); Internet of Things (IoT); arduino and sensors; smart dryers (SD); simulation; optimization; mathematical modeling (MM); recent and advanced; algorithms and approaches; life cycle assement (LCA); enviromental evaluation
Merging Machine Learning with Mechanistic Models for Precision Crop Management
edited by , Azlan Zahid and
submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 204 | Submission Open
Keywords: physics-informed machine learning; mechanistic modeling; precision agriculture; digital agriculture decision support; digital twins for crop systems; explainable artificial intelligence; crop sensing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensors Technology and Precision Agriculture)
AIoT and Precision Engineering for Sustainable Aquaculture: From Hatchery to Harvest
edited by , and Sukree Hajisamae
submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 200 | Submission Open
Keywords: precision aquaculture; AIoT (artificial Intelligence of Things); computer vision for biomass estimation; automated crablet/larvae counting; smart sensor networks; recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) engineering; open-source hardware & software; autonomous feeding systems
Precision Nutrient Supply for Ruminants: Recent Approaches for Methane Mitigation and Climate-Smart Livestock Systems
edited by , , and Xiaoping Jing
submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 164 | Submission Open
Keywords: smart livestock technologies; precision nutrient supply; methane mitigation; automated feeding; rumen fermentation; sustainable livestock production; climate-smart agriculture
(This special issue belongs to the Section Livestock Farming Technology)
Advancing Smart Farming Through Agricultural Robots and Automation Technologies: 2nd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 148 | Submission Open
Keywords: agricultural robotics; automation technologies; unmanned ground vehicles; unmanned aerial vehicles; precision agriculture; forestry; livestock; sensors; smart farming; image reconstruction; hybrid-electric machinery; algorithms; simulation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Mechanization and Machinery)
Biochar for Agricultural Soil Sustainability submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 136 | Submission Open
Keywords: biochar; soil bacteria; agricultural sustainability; soil health; carbon sequestration; pyrolysis; microbiome; circular economy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Bioresource and Bioprocess Engineering)
Precision Irrigation and Pumping System Optimization for Sustainable Agriculture
edited by Gustavo Lopes Muniz
submission deadline 15 May 2027 | Viewed by 48 | Submission Open
Keywords: precision irrigation; irrigation hydraulics; pumping systems; water-use efficiency; irrigation uniformity; smart irrigation; irrigation automation; hydraulic modeling; energy efficiency; agricultural water management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Irrigation Systems)
New Technologies in Ruminant Nutrition and Production submission deadline 20 May 2027 | Viewed by 149 | Submission Open
Keywords: ruminant nutrition; ruminant production; beef production; milk production; beef cattle; buffalo; milk cattle; small ruminants
(This special issue belongs to the Section Livestock Farming Technology)
Precision Farming Technologies for Monitoring Livestock and Poultry: 2nd Edition submission deadline 31 May 2027 | Viewed by 133 | Submission Open
Keywords: precision livestock farming; precision poultry farming; machine learning; deep learning; computer vision; robotics; wearable devices; IoT; sensors; big data
(This special issue belongs to the Section Livestock Farming Technology)
Agricultural Robotics and Information Perception: Key Technologies and Application Development of Intelligent Equipment
edited by Zhentao Wang, and Hongfei Yang
submission deadline 31 May 2027 | Viewed by 102 | Submission Open
Keywords: intelligent sensing; agricultural robots; environmental monitoring; plant phenotyping
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer Applications and Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture)
Deep Learning in Agriculture: Enhancing Informatics for Precision Farming
edited by
submission deadline 31 May 2027 | Viewed by 85 | Submission Open
Keywords: deep learning; agricultural informatics; artificial intelligence in agriculture; precision agriculture; smart farming; computer vision; transformer models; large language models (LLMs); multimodal AI; generative AI; autonomous agricultural systems; data-driven crop management.
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer Applications and Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture)
Machine Vision and Unmanned Systems for Data-Driven and Sustainable Agricultural Monitoring and Management submission deadline 31 May 2027 | Viewed by 59 | Submission Open
Keywords: machine vision; unmanned systems; precision agriculture; agricultural monitoring; autonomous robotics; decision support; deep learning; computer vision; UAV; UGV; environmental monitoring; biodiversity assessment; ecosystem health; sustainable farming systems; artificial intelligence
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer Applications and Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture)
Circular Bio-Resources: Engineering Materials and Sustainable Energy from Biomass and Agricultural Residues submission deadline 30 Jun 2027 | Viewed by 175 | Submission Open
Keywords: circular bioeconomy; agricultural residues; biomass valorisation; biomass conversion technologies; biorefinery systems; bioenergy; biocomposites; biopolymer; green materials engineering; sustainable energy systems; process optimisation; life cycle analysis; techno-economic assessment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Bioresource and Bioprocess Engineering)
Applications of Imaging Technology in Agriculture
edited by , and Yu Wen Ting
submission deadline 30 Jun 2027 | Viewed by 156 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence; computer vision; hyperspectral imaging; non-destructive analysis; precision agriculture; smart farming
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer Applications and Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture)
Applications of Cold Plasma Technology in the Agri-Food
edited by Yu-Jou Chou
submission deadline 30 Jun 2027 | Viewed by 47 | Submission Open
Keywords: cold plasma; plasma-activated water; agri-food systems; seed treatment; plant growth; food safety; surface decontamination; process consistency; scale-up; non-thermal processing
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