Bio-Economy and Agri-Production: Concepts and Evidence

ISBN-13: 9780128197745 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 348 str.

Dionysis Bochtis; Charisios Achillas; Georgios Banias

Spis treści

Part 1. Bio-production & Sustainability
1. Primary Production Sustainability
2. Agricultural chains sustainability within the concept of circular economy
3. Evolutionary scenarios for agricultural business models

Part 2. Sustainable Farming
4. Investigating the regional efficiency disparities in arable crops production at the global level
5. Environmental impact assessment in agri-production: a comparative study of olive oil production in two european countries
6. Assessing the Sustainability of legumes production in South Europe

Part 3. Energy
7. The role of using bioalcohol fuels in sustainable development
8. Sustainability of biogas production with small sized plant in South America
9. CowEnergy -Possibilities of energy managment in energy self-sufficient dariy cowsheds

Part 4. Green Production
10. Use of IoT technologies for irrigation and plant protection: the case for Cypriot fruits and vegetables
11. Where do we stand with digitalization? An assessment of digital transformation in Hungarian agriculture
12. Assessing the impact of the IoT technology-based swine farm environment management system on farm productivity
13. Time study for improving outputs and apple quality using integrated harvest platform conveyors
14. Modelling labour time requirements of two dock control procedures in organic farming: manual digging and hotwater treatment
15. Exploiting Voice Recognition Techniques to Provide Farm and Greenhouse Monitoring for Elderly or Disabled Farmers, over Wi-Fi and LoRa Interfaces

Part 5. Social Aspects
16. Smart Farming and Digitization of research farms - a holistic concept for science and teaching
17. The role of gamification in sustainable agricultural higher education
18. The agricultural occupations landscape in view of work automation