scholarly journals Developments on Informatization Technology in Agricultural Operations in China

2014 ◽  
pp. 10-15
Author(s):  
Qiuping Zhou ◽  
Guohua Fu
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Operations

Florida Agritourism Building and Fire Codes

EDIS ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Beth Henry ◽  
Kathryn A Stofer
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Education ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Regulatory Authority ◽  
Building Codes ◽  
Bona Fide ◽  
Agricultural Operations ◽  
On Farm ◽  
Fire Codes

Agritourism marries Florida’s two largest industries, tourism and agriculture, to provide an on-farm recreational experience for consumers. Although Florida trails many other states in the number of agritourism operations, the number of Florida farms offering recreational experiences more than doubled from 2007 to 2012. This new 4-page document describes building codes relevant to Florida agritourism operations. Written by Mary Beth Henry and Kathryn A. Stofer, and published by the UF/IFAS Department of Agricultural Education and Communication.https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/wc349 A companion document, Florida’s Agritourism Laws, EDIS publication AEC623, Florida’s Agritourism Laws, http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/wc285, discusses Florida Statutes related to definitions, liability protections, and limits to regulatory authority of local governments over bona fide agricultural operations engaged in agritourism.

Recent Advancements in the Detection of Organophosphate Pesticides: A Review

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monika Bhattu ◽  
Meenakshi Verma ◽  
Deepika Kathuria
Keyword(s):  
Organophosphorus Pesticides ◽  
Organophosphate Pesticides ◽  
Agricultural Operations

Organophosphorus pesticides (OPPs) are generally utilized for the protection of crops from pests. Because the use of OPPs in various agricultural operations has expanded dramatically, precise monitoring of their concentration...

scholarly journals A Technical Study on UAV Characteristics for Precision Agriculture Applications and Associated Practical Challenges

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 1204
Author(s):  
Nadia Delavarpour ◽  
Cengiz Koparan ◽  
John Nowatzki ◽  
Sreekala Bajwa ◽  
Xin Sun
Keyword(s):  
Precision Agriculture ◽  
Weather Conditions ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Radiometric Correction ◽  
Practical Applications ◽  
The Past ◽  
Field Crops ◽  
Advanced Technologies ◽  
Technical Study ◽  
Agricultural Operations

The incorporation of advanced technologies into Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) platforms have enabled many practical applications in Precision Agriculture (PA) over the past decade. These PA tools offer capabilities that increase agricultural productivity and inputs’ efficiency and minimize operational costs simultaneously. However, these platforms also have some constraints that limit the application of UAVs in agricultural operations. The constraints include limitations in providing imagery of adequate spatial and temporal resolutions, dependency on weather conditions, and geometric and radiometric correction requirements. In this paper, a practical guide on technical characterizations of common types of UAVs used in PA is presented. This paper helps select the most suitable UAVs and on-board sensors for different agricultural operations by considering all the possible constraints. Over a hundred research studies were reviewed on UAVs applications in PA and practical challenges in monitoring and mapping field crops. We concluded by providing suggestions and future directions to overcome challenges in optimizing operational proficiency.

Pathogens from Wild Birds at the Wildlife–Agriculture Interface

2021 ◽  
pp. 207-228
Author(s):  
Alan B. Franklin ◽  
Sarah N. Bevins ◽  
Susan A. Shriner
Keyword(s):  
Disease Ecology ◽  
Influenza A ◽  
Wild Birds ◽  
Avian Species ◽  
Influenza A Viruses ◽  
Agricultural Health ◽  
Bird Populations ◽  
Food Borne ◽  
Global Movement ◽  
Agricultural Operations

Birds are known to carry pathogens affecting human and agricultural health. Conversely, agricultural operations can serve as sources of pathogens that affect wild bird populations. This chapter provides guidelines to identify focal avian species that frequently use agricultural operations. These guidelines are coupled with identifying host types, such as maintenance and bridge hosts, and potential direct and indirect pathways for pathogen contamination from wild birds to agricultural operations, including patterns of spillover and spillback. The chapter also identifies major bacterial and viral pathogens of concern that are prevalent in birds and that affect human and agricultural health. These pathogens are then used to illustrate disease ecology concepts important at the wildlife–agriculture interface. These microorganisms include food-borne bacteria, influenza A viruses, and Newcastle disease virus. The chapter introduces the concept of contamination potential for categorizing avian species in terms of the risk they pose to contamination of agricultural operations with pathogens of concern. Finally, the chapter examines long-distance movements of wild birds in relation to pathogen introduction and illustrates this with global movement of influenza A viruses by wild birds.

scholarly journals Mobile Robotics in Agricultural Operations: A Narrative Review on Planning Aspects

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 3453 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vasileios Moysiadis ◽  
Naoum Tsolakis ◽  
Dimitris Katikaridis ◽  
Claus G. Sørensen ◽  
Simon Pearson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Robots ◽  
Mobile Robotics ◽  
Narrative Review ◽  
Level Control ◽  
Relevant Research ◽  
World Model ◽  
Level Ii ◽  
Agricultural Operations ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
High Level

The advent of mobile robots in agriculture has signaled a digital transformation with new automation technologies optimize a range of labor-intensive, resources-demanding, and time-consuming agri-field operations. To that end a generally accepted technical lexicon for mobile robots is lacking as pertinent terms are often used interchangeably. This creates confusion among research and practice stakeholders. In addition, a consistent definition of planning attributes in automated agricultural operations is still missing as relevant research is sparse. In this regard, a “narrative” review was adopted (1) to provide the basic terminology over technical aspects of mobile robots used in autonomous operations and (2) assess fundamental planning aspects of mobile robots in agricultural environments. Based on the synthesized evidence from extant studies, seven planning attributes have been included: (i) high-level control-specific attributes, which include reasoning architecture, the world model, and planning level, (ii) operation-specific attributes, which include locomotion–task connection and capacity constraints, and (iii) physical robot-specific attributes, which include vehicle configuration and vehicle kinematics.

scholarly journals Methodological development of a quality index for agricultural operations, for corn cultivation using multi-criterion analysis

2009 ◽  
Vol 81 (4) ◽  
pp. 849-859
Author(s):  
Rubens A.C. Lamparelli ◽  
Hugo S. Dias
Keyword(s):  
Fuzzy Logic ◽  
Quality Index ◽  
Production Loss ◽  
Methodological Development ◽  
Corn Production ◽  
Crop Quality ◽  
Agricultural Operations ◽  
Criterion Analysis

One of the major problems in the Brazilian agriculture is related to the production loss in the field, which, due to many factors, is not being considered. This article has the objective to develop a methodology to identify a quality index which integrates some crop quality variables which are able to indicate how the crop is developing in terms of loss in the field. The results have showed that the strategy of multi-criterion analysis and Fuzzy logic proved to be important tools for the assessment and preparation of a quality index for corn production. The index proposed performed well in representing the quality of agricultural operations when compared with reality.

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