Smart Farming: Advancing Techniques for High-Value Crops
A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395). This special issue belongs to the section "Precision and Digital Agriculture".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2025 | Viewed by 419
Special Issue Editors
Interests: agriculture; precision agriculture; energy in agriculture; bioeconomy
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Dear Colleagues,
In the era of polycrisis that we are currently living in, the agricultural sector is facing big challenges: climate change, energy and economic crises, urbanization, an ageing population and labor shortages. Smart farming can contribute significantly and mitigate these challenges, especially for high-value crops such as orchards, vineyards and vegetables, which exhibit higher needs as regards crop monitoring and management.
The main aim of this issue is to identify smart farming-based solutions for high-value crops that hold the key to mitigate the impact of the aforementioned challenges. Researchers are invited to contribute original research articles, reviews, and perspectives that encompass a wide range of topics within the realm of smart farming of high-value crops. The Issue’s scope includes, but is not limited to, investigations into the use of farm machinery, human–machine interaction, AI, extended reality, IoT, smart sensors, ground and aerial robotics, decision support systems, remote sensing, adoption, and environmental impact.
Dr. Thanos Balafoutis
Dr. Evangelos Anastasiou
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- high-value crops
- smart farming
- agricultural robotics
- decision support systems
- orchards
- vineyards
- vegetables
- extended reality
- AI
- human–machine interaction
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