Selected Papers from the 2021 IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for Agriculture and Forestry (MetroAgriFor 2021)

A special issue of Agriculture (ISSN 2077-0472). This special issue belongs to the section "Digital Agriculture".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 January 2022) | Viewed by 913

Special Issue Editors

Department of Industrial Engineering and Centre Agriculture Food Environment, University of Trento, Via Sommarive 9, Povo (Trento), Italy
Interests: innovative food processes; nonthermal treatments; food quality; nondestructive sensors; contactless sensors; data analysis; predictive models
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Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences, University of Bologna, Viale Fanin 48, Bologna, Italy
Interests: energy efficiency; buildings; construction; civil engineering materials; building materials; structural analysis; sustainability; architecture; modeling and simulation
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

2021 IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for Agriculture and Forestry (MetroAgriFor 2021) intends to create an active and stimulating forum where academics, researchers, and industry experts in the field of measurement and data processing techniques for agriculture, forestry, and food can meet and share new advances and research results. Attention is paid but not limited to new technologies for agriculture and forestry environment monitoring, food quality monitoring, metrology-assisted production in agriculture, forestry and food industries, sensors and associated signal conditioning for agriculture and forestry, calibration methods for electronic testing, and measurement for environmental and food applications. 

The topics of interest for this Special Issue include but are not limited to the following:

  • Smart electronics and sustainable systems as a key enabling technology in precision agriculture;
  • Precision horticulture;
  • Environmental measurements to support precision agriculture;
  • Metrology for farm pest control: what contributions meet technical efficacy, environmental sustainability, and certification requirements;
  • Robotics for agroforestry applications;
  • Advances in software tools for smart agriculture measurement;
  • Livestock gaseous emissions, measurement, and modeling techniques from barn to field;
  • The role of digitization in agricultural sustainability;
  • Smart systems for land monitoring, analysis, management, and planning;
  • Smart technologies and digital infrastructure in agricultural, livestock, and food processing facilities;
  • Emerging instrumentation for in situ monitoring of physiological and soil parameters related to water stress;
  • Sensing hydrological processes at different spatial and temporal scales for sustainable use of water resources;
  • Smart water management in agriculture: models, algorithms, tools, and solutions;
  • Measurement and sensing techniques for estimating soil hydraulic characteristics and monitoring soil water dynamics;
  • Measuring methods for assessing biomass valorization routes in the agriforestry sector.

The Special Issue is also open to receiving regular submissions that discuss a relevant topic.

Prof. Dr. Annachiara Berardinelli
Dr. Alberto Barbaresi
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • metrology, quality assurance, and standardization
  • sensors and measurement techniques
  • data analysis
  • applications in agriculture, forestry, and food

Published Papers

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