Precision Agriculture Technologies for a Sustainable Future: Current Trends and Perspectives

Dear Colleagues,

Precision Agriculture is a management concept focusing on monitoring, measurement and responses to inter- and intra-variability in crops, fields and animals. Precision Agriculture has been made possible by the rapid development of sensing technologies, management information systems, advances in farm machinery and appropriate agronomic and economic models. The benefits of using Precision Agriculture practices include increasing crop yields and animal performance, cost reduction and optimization of process inputs. Thus, Precision Agriculture aims to reduce the environmental impacts of agriculture and farming practices, contributing to the sustainability of agricultural production.

This Special Issue aims to discuss various impacts of precision agriculture technologies and management methods from a sustainability viewpoint. This will include the impact of precision agriculture technologies and applications to the three pillars of sustainability: economic, environmental and social perspectives. We invite you to contribute to this issue by submitting comprehensive reviews, case studies, or research articles that focus on scientific methods, technological tools and innovatively statistical analyses, in order to provide an opportunity for learning the state-of-the-art and for discussion on future directions in Precision and Sustainable Agriculture. Papers selected for this Special Issue are subject to a rigorous peer review procedure with the aim of rapid and wide dissemination of research results, developments, and applications.

Prof. Dr. Konstantinos G. Arvanitis
Dr. Spyros Fountas
Guest Editors

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