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337 Pages·2012·32.71 MB·English

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ICT FOR AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT
AND ENVIRONMENT

Where we are? Where we will go?

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2 ICT FOR AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENT Where we are? Where we will go?
ICT FOR AGRICULTURE,
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
AND ENVIRONMENT

Where we are?
Where we will go?

edited by Tomas Mildorf and Karel Charvat jr.

Czech Centre for Science and Society
Wirelessinfo
2012

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Editors:
Tomas Mildorf
České centrum pro vědu a společnost
[email protected]

Karel Charvat jr.
Wirelessinfo
[email protected]

Reviewer:
Maris Alberts
Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Latvia
[email protected]

Authors:
Balogh S., Baptista F., Benda P., Bojko J., Brun F., Buitendag A.A.K., Cartolano jr. E.A., Castro
Neto M., Cerba O., Cesaretti G.P., Champomier J.C., Charvat K., Charvat jr. K., Cheruy G.,
Claupein W., Conesa-Munoz J., Crehan P., Csoto M., Csukas B., Dreux B., Dvorak V., Fusai
B., Gelb E., Gerhards R., Gnip P., Gravalos I., Havlicek Z., Holster H, Horakova S., Jezek J.,
Kahuda D., Kateris D., Keller M., Kepka M., Kozel J., Krivanek Z., Kubicek P., Link-Dolezal J.,
Lohr V., Lokers R., Loutridis S., Lukas V., Masselin-Silvin S., Maurer L., Misso R., Molinari F.,
Moshou D., Musil M., Natsis A., Navarro M., Navas L.M., Oberti J., Oskera M., Pesonen L.,
Prepin B., Prochazka F., Ribeiro A., Ruiz G., Samie J.F., Saraiva A.M, Sawalhi N., Seaz A.,
Schmitz M., Silerova E., Svehla M., Teye F., Vach M., Van Der Walt J.S., Varga M., Veiga A.K.,
Verdouw C., Vohnout P., Waksman G., Weis M., Wissocq A.A.K., Zech C.

ISBN: 978-80-905151-0-9
Photo cover: www.shutterstock.com
First published, 2012

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Table of contents

Introduction 7

Section 1 - Where we are? 9

Overview of previous activities 11
Karel Charvat

The EFITA1 ICT Adoption Questionnaire – Priority Indicators for the Future 29
E. Gelb

Current situation on data exchange in agriculture in the EU27 and Switzerland 37
Frederick Teye, Henri Holster, Liisa Pesonen, Sarka Horakova

Section 2 – Future challenges 49

From external drivers to future challenges 51
Karel Charvat

Sustainability of rural systems and Poles of excellence: the role of Information and Communication 59
Technologies
Gian Paolo Cesaretti, Rosa Misso

Utilising Grounded Theory research techniques to catalyze knowledge discovery within a Living Lab 70
environment
AAK. Buitendag, JS. Van Der Walt

Exchanges of Environmental Information: the next challenge? 86
G. Waksman, S. Masselin-Silvin, F. Brun, J. Oberti, J.F. Samie, G. Cheruy, B. Prépin, A. Wissocq, J.C.
Champomier, B. Dreux

NASYP: Use of environmental modeling for preventing the impacts of major accidents with 98
dangerous substances
Daniel Kahuda, Marek Vach, Otakar Čerba, Jan Bojko, Jan Ježek, Přemysl Vohnout,
Vítězslav Dvořák

Enabling the use and exploitation of environmental data for decision making: Bridging the gap 105
between needs and requirements
Ana Saez, Karel Charvat, Francesco Molinari, Mariano Navarro, Lisa Maurer

WWW Technologies and Regional Development 132
Zdeněk Havlíček, Petr Benda, Václav Lohr, Šilerová Edita

Section 3 - Where we go? 149

What are the priorities for future research? 151
Karel Charvat

Transparent Agrifood Interoperability, Based on a Simplified Dynamic Simulation Model 155
Monika Varga, Bela Csukas, Sandor Balogh

A Business Intelligence Approach to Support a Greenhouse Tomato Crop Grey Mould Disease Early 175

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Warning System
Miguel de Castro Neto, Fátima Baptista, Luis Manuel Navas, Gonçalo Ruiz

Towards a new theoretical framework: exploring the dynamics of using ICT for farming purposes 185
Csótó Mihály

Data quality concepts and methods applied to biological species occurrence data 194
Allan Koch Veiga, Antonio Mauro Saraiva, Etienne Americo Cartolano Junior

The central role of use cases in enhancing data exchange and interoperability in agriculture 206
Rob Lokers, Liisa Pesonen, Cor Verdouw, Benedicte Fusai, Mario Schmitz

Competence centre SenGIS – exploring methods for georeferenced multi-sensor data acquisition, 218
storage, handling and analysis
M. Keller, C. Zech, M. Jackenkroll, M. Weis, J. Link-Dolezal, R. Gerhards, W. Claupein

Condition monitoring in centrifugal irrigation pumps with selforganizing feature visualisation 230
Dimitrios Moshou, Ioannis Gravalos, Dimitrios Kateris, Athanasios Natsis, Nader Sawalhi, Spyridon
Loutridis

VLIT NODE – new technology for wireless sensor network 241
Zbynek Krivanek, Karel Charvat, Jan Jezek, Marek Musil

Selected Issues of Wireless Sensor Networks Geovisualization in Agriculture 249
Petr Kubíček, Vojtěch Lukas and Jiří Kozel

Server-side solution for sensor data 264
Jan Ježek, Michal Kepka

Advanced monitoring systems for processing sensor network data 275
Filip Prochazka, Michal Oskera, Martin Svehla

An evolutionary approach to optimally distributing a fleet of robots for weed control in arable crops 280
based on economical costs
Jesus Conesa-Muñoz, Angela Ribeiro

Using linear programming for tactical planning in agriculture in the frame of the COIN project 300
Karel Charvat junior, Pavel Gnip, Karel Charvat

Section 4 - Vision of the future 311

What is the vision of the future? 313
Karel Charvat, Zbynek Krivanek, Pavel Gnip, Karel Charvat junior

The need for continuous foresight in agriculture and food research – a case study based on Teagasc 326
2030
Patrick Crehan

Section 5 - Conclusion 333

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Introduction

Karel Charvat

What is the aim of this book? Why we have decided to put together contribution from
different authors? We don’t want only to describe the status of current development and
research in ICT for Agriculture, Food and Environment. We would like to analyse the period
of last 10 years in terms of the results achieved in the research area, implementation in practice
and success of the implementation. The book analyses the technological progress during this
period and the progress in the application area. What are the current challenges having the
influence on ICT for agriculture and environment? What is the current status of research and
what are the future trends?

The book is based on two pillars:
• Results of current research in Czech Centre for Science and Society, WirelessInfo and
our members;
• Articles of invited authors from around the world.
The book was accomplished thanks to the support of the AgriXchange, COIN IP, VlitNod,
LernSens and Habitats projects with use of results of previous projects including Rural Wins,
A Bard, Aforo, Ami@NEtFood. Other projects supporting single articles are mentioned within
these articles.

The book is divided into five chapters:
• Where we are – overview of previous activities and description of the state of the art
• Challenges for future ICT for agriculture
• Where we go
• Vision of the future
• Conclusion

The book and materials should help to build and publicly discuss the Strategic Research
Agenda (SRA) of agriXchange. The draft of agriXchange SRA is part of this book.

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Section I
Where we are?

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