Technological revolutions in smart farming: Current trends, challenges & future directions

V Sharma, AK Tripathi, H Mittal - Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 2022 - Elsevier
With increasing population, the demand for agricultural productivity is rising to meet the goal
of “Zero Hunger”. Consequently, farmers have optimized the agricultural activities in a …

From industry 4.0 to agriculture 4.0: Current status, enabling technologies, and research challenges

Y Liu, X Ma, L Shu, GP Hancke… - IEEE transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The three previous industrial revolutions profoundly transformed agriculture industry from
indigenous farming to mechanized farming and recent precision agriculture. Industrial …

[HTML][HTML] Assessment of the sustainability of the European agri-food sector in the context of the circular economy

FJ Castillo-Díaz, LJ Belmonte-Ureña… - Sustainable Production …, 2023 - Elsevier
Quantifying the sustainability of the agriculture, livestock, and agri-food industry under a
homogeneous criterion is essential to strategize the implementation of sustainable …

Toward a framework for selecting indicators of measuring sustainability and circular economy in the agri-food sector: a systematic literature review

C Silvestri, L Silvestri, M Piccarozzi… - The International Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
Purpose The implementation of sustainability and circular economy (CE) models in agri-food
production can promote resource efficiency, reduce environmental burdens, and ensure …

Populism, neoliberalism and agrarian movements in Europe. Understanding rural support for right‐wing politics and looking for progressive solutions

N Mamonova, J Franquesa - Sociologia Ruralis, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Right‐wing populism has gained ground in Europe in recent years, with the greatest support
among rural communities. Yet the European countryside remains largely overlooked in …

[HTML][HTML] A new typology of small farms in Europe

A Guarín, M Rivera, T Pinto-Correia, N Guiomar… - Global food security, 2020 - Elsevier
We propose a new typology of small farms in Europe using a multivariate analysis drawing
from household surveys from 14 European countries. The variables to develop the types …

Socio-economic determinants of small family farms' resilience in selected Central and Eastern European countries

M Borychowski, S Stępień, J Polcyn… - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
We investigated the resilience of small-scale family farms because of the contemporary
importance of both the farms' resilience and the role of these farms in five countries of …

[HTML][HTML] Identifying barriers and opportunities for a circular phosphorus economy in the Baltic Sea region

K Barquet, L Järnberg, A Rosemarin, B Macura - Water Research, 2020 - Elsevier
Phosphorus (P) is one of the essential elements needed for global food security. However,
the phosphate life cycle is currently predominantly linear, from P-rock mining to fertiliser …

Farm diversification as a potential success factor for small-scale farmers constrained by COVID-related lockdown. Contributions from a survey conducted in four …

Z Benedek, I Fertő, C Galamba Marreiros, PM Aguiar… - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
This paper explores to what extent product and marketing channel diversification contributed
to the economic success of small-scale agricultural producers involved in short food supply …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of Nutrient Solution pH on the Growth, Yield and Quality of Taraxacum officinale and Reichardia picroides in a Floating Hydroponic System

AA Alexopoulos, E Marandos, A Assimakopoulou… - Agronomy, 2021 - mdpi.com
Given the important medicinal and nutritional value of wild edible greens, the last few years
there is an increasing interest for their domestication and commercial exploitation. However …