Intelligent Designs, Innovations and Sustainability in Agriculture 4.0

Preface

How Industry 4 Can Reshape Agribusiness: The Meaning of Agriculture 4.0

Vania V. Estrela, Anand Deshpande, Aline C. Intorne, Asiya Khan, Dhanashree Kulkarni, Shoulin Yin and Nikolaos Andreopoulos

Internet of Things-based Devices in Agriculture 4.0 – Wireless Sensor and Actuators Networks

Gulbir Singh and Kuldeep Kumar Yogi

Precision-Agri: IoT-Smart Contract Enables Novel and Secure Supply Chain and Forecasting Architecture for Smart Business Agriculture

Abdullah A. Khan, Aftab Ahmed Shaikh, Asif Ali Laghari, Mazhar Ali Dootio, Mudassir Hussain, Awais Khan Jumani, Rukhsar Ayub, Vania V. Estrela and Andrey Terziev

Constructed Wetlands: A Sustainable Technology for Wastewater Treatment and Reuse in 21st Century Agriculture

Gabriela Petroceli Mota, Glacielen Ribeiro de Souza, Gabriel Quintanilha-Peixoto, Analyse Villanueva Gaete, Vania V. Estrela and Aline Chaves Intorne

Herdade do Freixo do Meio: A Case Study of Mediterranean Agroforestry in Portugal Analyzed from Place to People Perspective

Albino Lopes, Patrícia Araújo, Carla Gomes da Costa and Lígia Nascimento

Agrobiodiversity and Agriculture 4.0 Challenges with Seed – Existing Improvements, But How about Erosion?

E.G. Rocha, R.O. Souza, J.V.D. Fonseca, C.C. Nascimento, J.L. Nunes and P.F. Alves

Prospecting for Agro 4.0 Solutions to Control the Fruit Fly (Anastrepha fraterculus) in the Brazilian Context

Shana Sabbado Flores, Leonardo C. da Silva, Ronaldo S. da Rosa, Willian Bergonsi, João E. Gomes, Allana C. Decarli, Camila Angela Mugnol, Teresa Enderle, Rafael Lauxen and Alan Fantin

The Smart Agricultural Revolution Across Global Nations – A Technological Perspective

R. Jenice Aroma, Emmanuel Joy, Kumudha Raimond, Nikolaos Andreopoulos, Vania V. Estrel and Andrey Terziev

Coastal Agriculture in Latin America: Typical Abiotic Stresses and the Use of Microbial Inoculants

Jussara Tamires de Souza Silva Goulart, Gabriel Quintanilha- Peixoto, Clarisse Maximo Arpini, Alessandro Ramos Coutinho and Aline Chaves Intorne

The Use of Sensors for Soil Fertility Mapping in the Context of Agriculture 4.0

Sandra Meinen da Cruz, Daniel Uhry, Ronaldo Serpa da Rosa, Juliano Dalcin Martins, Nidgia Maria Nicolodi, Letícia Guadagnin Vogel, Natália Sornberger Adam, Alexandre Schafer, Guilherme Silva de Oliveira, Rafael Eduardo da Costa and Leonardo Seibel Sander

Image Processing-based via Agridrones for Agriculture Fields

A.K. Jumani, A.A. Laghari, Rashid A. Laghari, A.A. Khan, V.V. Estrela, Lin Teng, Andrey Terziev, G.G. de Oliveira and Yuzo Iano

Composting Concepts, Legislation and Panorama: From Solid Waste to Organic Fertilizer in Agriculture 4.0

Ingrid de Souza Siqueira, Alef da Silva Sousa, Gabriela Petroceli Mota, Glacielen Ribeiro de Souza, Analyze Villanueva Gaete, Gabriel Quintanilha-Peixoto, Carlos Eduardo de Souza Teodoro and Aline Chaves Intorne

Blockchain and Internet of Things (IoT) Enabled Secure Communication Protocols for Smart Agriculture

Khuda Bukhsh, M. Malook Rind, Sarmad Shaikh, Abdullah Ayub Khan, Asif Ali Laghari, V.V. Estrela and Nikolaos Andreopoulos

Applied Composting in Education – From Solid Waste to Organic Fertilizer and Beyond in Agriculture 4.0

Ingrid de Souza Siqueira, Alef da Silva Sousa, Gabriela Petroceli Mota, Glacielen Ribeiro de Souza, Analyze Villanueva Gaete, Gabriel Quintanilha-Peixoto, Carlos Eduardo de Souza Teodoro and Aline Chaves Intorne

Conclusion

Index

Biography

Anand B. Deshpande is the Principal and Director of the Angadi Institute of Technology and Management, Belagavi, India, with a Ph.D. in Electrical & Electronics Engineering Sciences. He has publications in journals and books, and is the editor of a super-resolution book and a Neuroscience Informatics special issue.

Vania V. Estrela teaches at the Federal Fluminense University, Brazil, with a Ph.D. in ECE from the Illinois Institute of Technology, USA. She has published books and special issues, coordinated multidisciplinary R&D groups, and is an editor of several journals and books.

Asiya Khan has a Ph.D. from the University of Plymouth, United Kingdom, and is now an Associate Professor (Teaching & Learning Head) there. Her interests include AI multimedia prediction and wind turbines' damage recognition. She is a reviewer for several journals.