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DEVELOPMENT OF A HYBRID UAV SENSOR PLATFORM SUITABLE FOR FARM-SCALE APPLICATIONS IN PRECISION AGRICULTURE [PDF]

The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2017
Today’s modern precision agriculture applications have a huge demand for data with high spatial and temporal resolution. This leads to the need of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) as sensor platforms providing both, easy use and a high area coverage.
M. Pircher, J. Geipel, K. Kusnierek, A. Korsaeth   +3 more
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Does the Mineral Composition of Volcanic Ashes Have a Beneficial or Detrimental Impact on the Soils and Cultivated Crops of Ecuador?

Toxics, 2023
Agriculture is an important economic sector for Ecuador, sustained by food crops like maize, potatoes, and vegetables cultivated in the highlands while cash crops such as coffee, bananas, cacao, and palm oil are grown on the coastal plains.
Raluca A. Mihai, Iván A. Espinoza-Caiza, Erly J. Melo-Heras, Nelson S. Cubi-Insuaste, Eliza A. Pinto-Valdiviezo, Rodica D. Catana   +5 more
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The Panoramic View of Ecuadorian Soil Nutrients (Deficit/Toxicity) from Different Climatic Regions and Their Possible Influence on the Metabolism of Important Crops

Toxics, 2023
Soil nutrients influence all stages (reproduction, growth, and development) of a plant species’ life, and it is known that the deficit and/or toxicity of one or more nutrients has negative effects on the production of crops of commercial interest ...
Raluca A. Mihai, Erly J. Melo Heras, Vanessa A. Terán Maza, Iván A. Espinoza Caiza, Eliza A. Pinto Valdiviezo, Rodica D. Catana   +5 more
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Smart Weather Data Management Based on Artificial Intelligence and Big Data Analytics for Precision Agriculture

Agriculture, 2022
Smart management of weather data is an essential step toward implementing sustainability and precision in agriculture. It represents an important input for numerous tasks, such as crop growth, development, yield, and irrigation scheduling, to name a few.
Chouaib El Hachimi, S. Belaqziz, S. Khabba, B. Sebbar, D. Dhiba, A. Chehbouni   +5 more
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Influence of Soil Nutrient Toxicity and Deficiency from Three Ecuadorian Climatic Regions on the Variation of Biological, Metabolic, and Nutritional Properties of Moringa oleifera Lam.

Toxics, 2022
Moringa oleifera Lam. contains numerous essential constituents found in all plant parts (leaves, pods, and seeds). From all its edible parts, the leaf represents an effective remedy with high potential for medicinal applications.
Raluca A. Mihai, Osmar S. Acurio Criollo, Jean P. Quishpe Nasimba, Erly J. Melo Heras, Dayana K. Galván Acaro, Pablo A. Landazuri Abarca, Larisa I. Florescu, Rodica D. Catana   +7 more
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Digital Technology Adoption and Potential in Southeast Asian Agriculture

Asian Journal of Agriculture and Development, 2023
While the rural agriculture sector has traditionally been seen as backward relative to the urban industrial and services sectors, it is a potential “low-hanging fruit” ripe for a much-needed digital transformation for agricultural development.
J. M. L. Montesclaros, Paul S. Teng
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Climate Change and Pathways Used by Pests as Challenges to Plant Health in Agriculture and Forestry

Sustainability, 2022
Climate change already challenges people’s livelihood globally and it also affects plant health. Rising temperatures facilitate the introduction and establishment of unwanted organisms, including arthropods, pathogens, and weeds (hereafter collectively ...
M. Gullino, R. Albajes, I. Al-Jboory, F. Angelotti, Subrata Chakraborty, K. Garrett, B. Hurley, P. Juroszek, R. Lopian, K. Makkouk, Xubin Pan, M. Pugliese, Tannecia S. Stephenson   +12 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Fungal, Nutritional, and Metabolomic Diagnostics of the Oil Palm Elaeis guineensis Affected by Bud Rot Disease in Esmeraldas, Ecuador

Journal of Fungi, 2023
The oil palm Elaeis guineensis represents one of the most important crops in Ecuador. Considering that bud rot disease is deadly in Ecuador, more attention has been given to identifying possible causes for palm debility from this disease.
Raluca A. Mihai, Erly J. Melo Heras, Pablo A. Landazuri Abarca, Rodica D. Catana   +3 more
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The Potential of Ukrainian Agriculture’s Biomass to Generate Renewable Energy in the Context of Climate and Political Challenges—The Case of the Kyiv Region

Energies, 2022
Increasing the share of renewable energy in the final energy consumption is a way to ensure independence from external supplies of fossil fuels, which is a fundamental political and economic challenge for many countries nowadays. One such country is Ukraine, which depended on Russian gas supplies and energy (electricity) from nuclear power plants ...
Adam Wąs, Piotr Sulewski, Nataliia Gerasymchuk, Ludmila Stepasyuk, Vitaliy Krupin, Zoia Titenko, Kinga Pogodzińska   +6 more
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Farmers’ adaptations strategies towards soil salinity effects in agriculture: the interior coast of Bangladesh

Climate Policy, 2022
In this study, we critically analyze the general and climate-smart adaptation strategies used by farmers in four sub-districts in southern Bangladesh to address the effects of soil salinity in agriculture.
M. Mazumder, M. Kabir
semanticscholar   +1 more source