Automation and Smart Technologies in Agriculture
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Agricultural Science and Technology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 November 2025 | Viewed by 39
Special Issue Editors
Interests: food engineering; postharvest technology; precision agriculture; robotics; data analitics
Interests: food engineering; artificial intelligence; numerical simulation
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Intelligent technologies and automation have enabled us to transform the management and production of agricultural products with regard to efficiency, yield, productivity, and sustainability, allowing the management of resources and energy to be predicted in real time; this has enhanced the profitability and sustainability of farming, reducing waste, conserving resources, promoting environmentally friendly practices, optimizing the use of resources such as water, fertilizers, and pesticides, and helping to respond to global challenges such as climate change, the scarcity of natural resources, and the growing demand for food. This has also enabled challenges such as labor shortages, resource management, and climate change to be addressed.
The adoption of drones, satellite imagery, sensors, robotics, artificial intelligence, and machine learning enable us to explore the agricultural field in near real time, feeding algorithms with vast quantities of data in order to build robust and reliable forecasting models. This has transformed traditional methods into highly efficient and data-driven practices in a precise and targeted way, reducing waste and thus optimizing the use of resources.
This Special Issue welcomes the submission of articles that address the application of “Automation and Smart Technologies in Agriculture” and will publish high-quality and original research papers whose scope includes, but is not limited to, the following topics:
- Drones and Satellite Imagery
- IoT (Internet of Things) sensors
- Advanced Data Analytics and Decision Support Systems
- Artificial Intelligence for Predictive Analytics
- Robotics and Autonomous Tractors and Harvesters
- Agricultural Robotics for Weeding and Harvesting
- Smart Greenhouses
- Precision Livestock Farming
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning
- AI-Driven Crop Disease Detection
- Precision Agriculture
- Sustainable Practices and Environmental Impact
- Smart Fertilization and Pest Control Systems
- Robust Data Protection and Cybersecurity
This Special Issue was made possible with the support of our dedicated team, and we especially thank Sabina Laveglia (sabina.laveglia@unibas.it) for her contributions to its development.
Prof. Dr. Giuseppe Altieri
Dr. Mahdi Rashvand
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- automation
- precision agriculture
- data analytics
- predictive analytics
- artificial intelligence
- machine learning
- cybersecurity
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