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Special Issue "Sensor Networks for Agriculture 4.0”

URL: https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/26052/sensor-networks-for-agriculture-40
Event Date: 2021-10-21 ~ 2022-01-11
Submission Date: 2021-11-20
Organizer: Frontiers in Sensors

Computer Networks & Wireless Communication Remote Sensing Agronomy & Crop Science

Dear colleague,

The following Special Issue of which Dr. Pedro Vicente Mauri, Dr. Miran Taha, and Dr. Lorena Parra are the guest editor will be published in Frontiers in Sensors, and is now open to receive submissions for peer-review and possible publication (ISSN 2673-5067; https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/sensors).

Special Issue: Sensor Networks for Agriculture 4.0

Website: https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/26052/sensor-networks-for-agriculture-40

Deadline for the Abstract: 02 November 2021

Deadline for the Full paper: 10 January 2022

*Special Issue Scope*

We are on the edge of a technological revolution in the primary sector. The sensor networks allow the collection of data, which can be used to improve crop production management. While precision agriculture focuses on optimizing resource allocation, Agriculture 4.0 is a broader concept based on the inclusion of Communication and Information Technologies (CIT) in agricultural management. The inclusion of smart devices and smart machinery helps the farmers obtain data about their crops, and artificial intelligence is the basis for the decision support tools. With these technologies, the farmers can improve the sustainability and profitability of their lands and the traceability of their inputs and outputs. These new opportunities are essential to accomplish the future expected requirements for agriculture.

Currently, we can find several examples of the multiple benefits of combining CIT with farming systems. The data gathering from the soil is vital to schedule the water irrigation. At the same time, plant vigor monitoring can be used to define the amount of fertilizer to determine if it is needed. On the other hand, image processing of the crop is of greater utility in determining the harvesting time or even predicting the yield quantity or quality. The in-situ climatic data can be useful in estimating the possibility of the development of pests and diseases. This information can be confirmed with cameras in the fields, which monitor the changes in the plants. As described before, several examples can be found. Nonetheless, most of those examples must be adapted for the specifications of particular crops and consider the particularities of the different environments. Therefore, many efforts still need to have robust and useful technologies available for farmers to reach a truly Agriculture 4.0.

*Special Issue Topics*

Researchers are encouraged to submit original research contributions in all major areas, which include, but not limited to:

- Low-cost sensor for agriculture monitoring

- Soil sensors (soil moisture, soil nutrients, soil compaction, soil salinization…)

- Plant sensors (vigor, stress, yield quantity, or quality)

- Integration of WSN or IoT into Agriculture 4.0

- Sensors for detecting plant pests and diseases

- Sensor networks adapted to agriculture

- Long terms deployments in the fields

- Adaptation of sensing systems for farmers to boost its adoption

- Scheduling of agricultural practices based on sensed data

- Combination of sensors and autonomous (or semi-autonomous) vehicles for crop monitoring

- Artificial Intelligence for decision making in agriculture based on sensed data

- Lessons learned from case studies and real deployments

- Current challenges and future trends of new technologies for the primary sector

- Analysis of potential use of data gathered in real cropping systems

*Manuscript Guidelines*

Submitted papers should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere. Peer-review is commissioned immediately upon receipt of the paper and the paper will be published immediately online upon final acceptance. The complete manuscript guidelines is available in: https://www.frontiersin.org/about/author-guidelines

If working with Word please use our Frontiers Word templates. If you wish to submit your article as LaTeX, we recommend our Frontiers LaTeX templates.

*Publication Charge*

An Article Processing Charge (APC) of USD 1900 to 450 currently applies to accepted papers. Noentheless, authors and institutions with insufficient funding can apply for a discount, provided his or her article passes our independent and rigorous peer review.

*How to Submit*

Manuscripts should be submitted through “Submit your abstract” or “Submit your manuscript” in https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/26052/sensor-networks-for-agriculture-40.

*Publication*

Rigorous, constructive, efficient and transparent review process in two phases: independent review & interactive, collaborative review. Reviewers and the handling Editor acknowledged on all published articles. Average time from submission to final decision: 90 days

We hope you will find this topic of interest and look forward to hearing from you. If you have any questions on the matter, please do not hesitate to contact us.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Kind regards,

Dr. Pedro V. Mauri

Dr. Miran Taha

Dr. Lorena Parra

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