Information and Communication Technologies in Modern Agricultural Development: 8th International Conference, HAICTA 2017, Chania, Crete, Greece, September 21–24, 2017, Revised Selected Papers

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by  Michail Salampasis

Michail Salampasis
Thomas Bournaris (Eds.)
Communications in Computer and Information Science 953
Information and
Communication Technologies
in Modern Agricultural
Development
8th International Conference, HAICTA 2017
Chania, Crete, Greece, September 21–24, 2017
Revised Selected Papers
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Preface
Agricultureiscontinuouslyfacedwithcrucialproblemsalongwithnewchallengesand
opportunities. These new challenges stretch over many issues among which is the
globalization of food markets, which intensifies the competition in the agricultural
sector, the productivity and competitiveness of small farms, the rise of both producer
and input prices, climate change etc. In this context, effective interventions in agri-
culture are essential for the fulfillment of its vital role, which is to maintain economic
andsocialstability and provide theenvironment for sustainabledevelopment.The use
of information and communication technologies (ICTs) can be, among others, one
major intervention that can reduce consumer prices, support farmers to increase their
production, and contribute to “smarter,” more efficient and sustainable agriculture.
But what exactly are ICTs and how can they be applied in agriculture? The defi-
nitionofICTinWikipediais:“InformationandcommunicationstechnologyorICT,is
often used as an extended synonym for information technology (IT), but is a more
specific term that stresses the role of unified communications and the integration of
telecommunications (telephone lines and wireless signals), computers as well as nec-
essary enterprise software, middleware, storage, and audio-visual systems, which
enable users to access, store, transmit, and manipulate information.” A more com-
prehensive definition of ICT in agriculture is given by an overview published by the
World Bank’s Agriculture and Rural Development division:
“First, an ICT is any device, tool, or application that permits the exchange or
collection of data through interaction or transmission. ICT is an umbrella term that
includes anything ranging from radio to satellite imagery to mobile phones or elec-
tronic money transfers. Second, these ICTs and others have gained traction even in
impoverished regions. The increases in their affordability, accessibility, and adapt-
ability have resulted in their use even within rural homesteads relying on agriculture.
New, small devices (such as multifunctional mobile phones and nanotechnology for
food safety), infrastructure (such as mobile telecommunications networks and cloud
computing facilities), and especially applications (for example, that transfer money or
track an item moving through a global supply chain) have proliferated. Many of the
questions asked by farmers (including questions on how to increase yields, access
markets, and adapt to weather conditions) can now be answered faster, with greater
ease, and increased accuracy. Many of the questions can also be answered with a
dialogue—wherefarmers,experts,andgovernmentcanselectbestsolutionsbasedona
diverse set of expertise and experience.”
Thisvolumecontainsselectedpapersfromthe8thInternationalConferenceonICTs
in Agriculture, Food, and Environment (HAICTA 2017) that took place in Crete,
Greece,inSeptember2017,onthepremisesoftheMediterraneanAgronomicInstitute
of Chania (CIHEAM). The conference was organized by the Hellenic Association for
Information and Communication Technologies in Agriculture Food and Environment
(HAICTA), CIHEAM, and the University of Macedonia, Greece.
VI Preface
The papers in their initial version were peer reviewed by the members of the sci-
entific committee of the HAICTA 2017 conference in order to be published in the
conference proceedings. From the 55 submissions accepted as full papers, 15 papers
were invited to submit a new, extended and revised, version to be considered for
publication in this volume. The selection of the works appearing in this volume was
based on three criteria: their relevance to the scope of the CCIS conference series, the
evaluation score of the conference papers (each paper was reviewed by at least two
reviewers), and finally the diversity of ICT in agriculture research that the volume
should collectively present. All manuscripts underwent a new round of single-blind
reviewbyat least twoadditional reviewersbefore being accepted for publication. The
number of reviewers who participated in this second round review was 29, and we
would like to acknowledge their contribution to this volume. Based on reviewer’s
scores and comments, 14 papers were finally accepted to appear in this volume.
The papers span across various subjects, from ICT innovations and smart farming,
to decision support systems, as well as precision farming, disease diagnosis using
mobile devices, IoT for monitoring and controlling animal production, sensor-based
solutions,GIS-basedwatermanagement,environmentalplanning,informationsystems
for monitoring of fish stocks and fisheries, information management in the agri-food
sector and, forestry planning and management.
HAICTA (Hellenic Association of Information and Communication Technology in
Agriculture, Food and Environment) is the Greek Branch of the European Federation
for Information Technology in Agriculture (EFITA). The series of HAICTA confer-
ences is an international venue for research and development in ICT in agriculture.
The main goal of the conferences is to bring together professional, experts, and
researchers working on ICTs in agriculture. Furthermore, emphasis is put on the
applicabilityofICTsolutionstorealindustrycasesandtherespectiveissues,problems,
and challenges.
TheHAICTAconferencein2017received124papersubmissions,outofwhich55
(44.4%)wereacceptedasfullpapers.Submissionswerereceivedfromauthorscoming
from 45 countries. The top five countries in terms of accepted papers (according to
contact author affiliation) were Greece, Poland, Italy, Czech Republic, and Spain. The
top scientific areas covered by the submitted papers (as indicated by the primary
keywordassignedbytheauthors)weredecisionsupportsystems,informationsystems,
environmental impact assessment, precision farming systems, environmental design
andpolicy.Wehopeyouwillfindtheselectedpaperspresentedinthisbookinteresting
and that it will provide you with a valuable starting point to know better the field of
ICT in agriculture.
Organization
Organizing Committee Co-chairs
Konstantinos Parisis Technological Educational Institute of Western Macedonia,
Greece
Athanasios Ragkos Alexander Technological Educational Institute
of Thessaloniki, Greece
Organizing Committee
Christos Batzios Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Thomas Bournaris Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Evangelos Technical University of Crete, Greece
Grigoroudis
Katerina Karapataki Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania, Greece
Michail Salampasis Alexander Technological Educational Institute
of Thessaloniki, Greece
Vagis Samathrakis Alexander Technological Educational Institute
of Thessaloniki, Greece
Alexandros Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Theodoridis
Argyro Zervou Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania, Greece
Secretarial Support
Elias Tsourapas Hellenic Open University, Greece
Maria Botsiou University of Macedonia, Greece
Nikoleta Mazaraki Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Georgia Trikoupi Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Alexandra Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Tsistilianou
Program Committee
Oleksandr Chernyak Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine
Pavlos Delias Eastern Macedonia and Thrace Institute of Technology,
Greece
Vania V. Estrela Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil
Sebastien Ferre Université de Rennes 1, France
Ioannis Fotidis Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
Nuno Garcia Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
Theofanis Gemtos University of Thessaly, Greece
VIII Organization
Francesco Guerra Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Italy
Fotis Kitsios University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece
Stavriani Koutsou Alexander Technological Educational Institute
of Thessaloniki, Greece
Theodoros Lantzos Technological Educational Institute of Central Macedonia,
Greece
Mihai Lupu Research Studios Austria, Austria
Rytis Maskeliunas Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania
Vojtech Merunka Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic
Anastasios Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Michailidis
Cristian Mihaescu University of Craiova, Romania
Rosa Misso University of Naples Parthenope, Italy
Giorgos Papadavid Agricultural Research Institute Cyprus, Cyprus
Nikos Petrellis Technological Educational Institute of Larisa, Greece
Athanasios Ragkos Agriculture Economics Research Institute, Greece
John Tait johntait.net Ltd., UK
Alexandros Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Theodoridis
Stavros Democritus University of Thrace, Greece
Tsiantikoudis
Stergios Tzortzios University of Thessaly, Greece
Laurentiu Vasiliu Peracton Ltd., Ireland
George Vlontzos University of Thessaly, Greece
Contents
ICT Innovations and Smart Farming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Claus Aage Grøn Sørensen, Dimitrios Kateris, and Dionysis Bochtis
Methods and Tools for Supporting the Integration of Stocks and Fisheries. . . 20
Yannis Tzitzikas, Yannis Marketakis, Nikos Minadakis,
MichalisMountantonakis,LeonardoCandela,FrancescoMangiacrapa,
Pasquale Pagano, Costantino Perciante, Donatella Castelli,
Marc Taconet, Aureliano Gentile, and Giulia Gorelli
Semiotic-Sociological Textures of Landscape Values. Assessments
in Urban-Coastal Areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Salvatore Giuffrida, Maria Rosa Trovato, and Annalaura Giannelli
A Systematic Review on Collective Awareness Platforms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Thomas Kappas, Thomas Bournaris, Evangelia Economou,
and Christina Moulogianni
Using Geostatistics and Multicriteria Spatial Analysis to Map Forest
Species Biogeophysical Suitability: A Study Case for the Centro Region
of Portugal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Luís Quinta-Nova, Natália Roque, Isabel Navalho, Cristina Alegria,
and Teresa Albuquerque
CAP 2020 Regionalization Design: A Decision Support System . . . . . . . . . . 84
Dimitris Kremmydas, Michael Malliapis, Leyteris Nellas,
Apostolos Polymeros, Stelios Rozakis, and Kostas Tsiboukas
Strategic Decision Making and Information Management
in the Agrifood Sector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Maria Kamariotou, Fotis Kitsios, Michael Madas, Vicky Manthou,
and Maro Vlachopoulou
Water Data Sharing in Italy with SIGRIAN WebGIS Platform . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Raffaella Zucaro, Gianfranco Giannerini, Antonio Gerardo Pepe,
Fabrizio Luigi Tascone, and Marco Martello
Towards the Commercialization of a Lab-on-a-Chip Device for Soil
Nutrient Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Georgios Kokkinis, Guenther Kriechhammer, Daniel Scheidl,
Bianca Wilfling, and Martin Smolka
SheepIT, an IoT-Based Weed Control System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Luís Nóbrega, Paulo Pedreiras, and Pedro Gonçalves