Special Issue "Sustainable Innovations in Precision Agriculture"

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Agriculture".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2021.

Special Issue Editor

Dr. Alexa Lamm
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Guest Editor
Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communication, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
Interests: science communication; decision-making; cognition; agriculture; water; climate change

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

We are faced with complicated and difficult challenges as we strive to supply and distribute enough food for an ever-expanding global population while protecting the natural environment. Transformative innovations in the agri-food sector are necessary to improve efficiency, enhance resilience, and mitigate risks across multiple levels (from individual plants to watersheds and global markets). Innovations in precision agriculture use information technology to ensure that crops and soil receive exactly what they need for health and productivity while reducing the traditional inputs needed to grow crops (land, water, fertilizer, herbicides and pesticides). The development and adoption of precision agriculture has the ability to ensure profitability, sustainability, and protection of the environment as we strive to grow more with less.

This Special Issue will highlight emerging sustainable innovations in precision agriculture. In addition, it will address the opportunities and challenges associated with the development and adoption of precision agriculture. We welcome papers on:

  • Evaluating the application of innovative precision agriculture technologies, including but not limited to automated systems, sensors, AI, farm bots, drones, autonomous vehicles/robots, and the resulting use of big data focusing on the integration of information technologies into the agri-food sector;
  • Case studies that evaluate the use of sustainable innovations in precision agriculture and their further application;
  • Shared planning in the development of sustainable innovations in precision agriculture, encompassing collaboration between public and private sectors, big data sharing, and policy implications/interactions with precision agriculture;
  • Modelling of the social and economic drivers of sustainable innovations in precision agriculture;
  • Identification of barriers and enablers to the adoption of sustainable innovations in precision agriculture; including an evaluation of public/private partnerships and evaluations of outreach initiatives;
  • Future perspectives on research advancement and outreach associated with sustainable innovations in precision agriculture.

Dr. Alexa Lamm
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • Precision agriculture 
  • Information technology 
  • Big data 
  • Policy 
  • Outreach

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The Effects of Local Food and Local Products with Geographical Indication on the Development of Tourism Gastronomy
Sustainability 2021, 13(12), 6692; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13126692 - 12 Jun 2021
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Various tourism trends have appeared with developing technology. One of them is gastronomy tourism. It is necessary to determine the factors which affect the development of this type of tourism for supply determinants to be successful in marketing activities. Products registered with geographical [...] Read more.
Various tourism trends have appeared with developing technology. One of them is gastronomy tourism. It is necessary to determine the factors which affect the development of this type of tourism for supply determinants to be successful in marketing activities. Products registered with geographical indication are considered to be one of these elements. In this direction, the purpose of the study is to determine the effects of local food and local products registered with geographical indications on the development of gastronomy tourism. Bolu, which is one of the Turkey’s cities, was selected as implementation area. Data were collected from effective tourists, who visited Bolu, or potential tourists, who have a possibility of visiting Bolu, via questionnaire technique, and 391 questionnaires were reached. Data were solved using statistical package program. Multivariate regression analysis was used to determine the effect of the products registered with geographical indication. According to the research results, the most effective element on the development of gastronomy tourism is local products registered with geographical indications with an impact rate of 60%. The effect of local foods, registered with geographical indication, is 37.7%. Full article
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