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2. A survey on deep learning and its impact on agriculture: challenges and opportunities
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Albahar, Marwan (author)
- Format:
- Review
- Publication Date:
- 2023-02-23
- Published:
- Switzerland: MDPI
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 206 Document Number: D12827
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Agriculture
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol. 13, Iss. 3
- Notes:
- 22 pages, The objective of this study was to provide a comprehensive overview of the recent advancements in the use of deep learning (DL) in the agricultural sector. The author conducted a review of studies published between 2016 and 2022 to highlight the various applications of DL in agriculture, which include counting fruits, managing water, crop management, soil management, weed detection, seed classification, yield prediction, disease detection, and harvesting. The author found that DL’s ability to learn from large datasets has great promise for the transformation of the agriculture industry, but there are challenges, such as the difficulty of compiling datasets, the cost of computational power, and the shortage of DL experts. The author aimed to address these challenges by presenting his survey as a resource for future research and development regarding the use of DL in agriculture.
3. Ag industry game changers
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Gale, Mark (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019-11
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 121 Document Number: D11103
- Journal Title:
- Agri Marketing
- Journal Title Details:
- 57(8) : 44
- Notes:
- 1 page., Author describes five technologies with potential to change the future of ag and food industries, all with communications dimensions.
4. Charleston|Orwig study reports consumers' reaction to plant and lab based foods
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Format:
- Research summary
- Publication Date:
- 2019-12-19
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 123 Document Number: D11184
- Notes:
- Online via AgriMarketing Weekly. 2 pages., "A new poll reports awareness and interest in technology-driven foods but reveals the need for transparency and education to remove fears and potentially drive adoption."
5. Exploring producer innovation adoption using an Extension-led trialing program
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Bowman, Brittany B. (author), Denny, Marina D. (author), Stone, Amanda E. (author), and Mississippi State University
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2020-02
- Published:
- United States: Extension Journal, Inc.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 132 Document Number: D11359
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- 58(1)
- Notes:
- 7 pages., via online journal, There are approximately 65 dairy farms in Mississippi (Gregory, 2019) with an estimated annual milk value of $26 million (Mississippi Farm Bureau, n.d.). Mastitis is the most expensive disease in the dairy industry (Neeser, Hueston, Godden, & Bey, 2006) and can decrease milk production by 1,181 kg per lactation in multiparous cows (Wilson et al., 2004). Clinical mastitis accounts for the largest use of antibiotics in livestock species (Thomson, Rantala, Hautala, Pyörälä, & Kaartinen, 2008), a circumstance that raises concerns of antimicrobial resistance (Pol & Ruegg, 2007; Wang et al., 2015) and increases producer expenses due to purchasing antibiotics and discarding milk during treatment (Rollin, Dhuyvetter, & Overton, 2015). On-farm bacteriological culturing (OFBC) enables producers to distinguish among broad categories of microorganisms with great accuracy and provides results within 24 hr, versus approximately a week when cultures are sent to a laboratory (Down, Bradley, Breen, & Green, 2017). Despite the availability of several viable OFBC systems, adoption of OFBC in Mississippi has been limited. The purpose of the study reported here was to implement and evaluate an OFBC pilot test with a small sample of Mississippi dairy producers. The objectives of the study were to identify reasons for producers' lack of OFBC adoption, to explore change in producers' knowledge and perceptions of OFBC before and after trial, and to assess the effectiveness of an Extension-led trialing program relative to OFBC adoption.
6. Gleason: a pioneer in transition to digital
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Quinn, Larry A. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019-09-08
- Published:
- USA: National Association of Farm Broadcasting, Platte City, Missouri
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 83 Document Number: D10841
- Journal Title:
- Airing on the Side of Agriculture
- Notes:
- Via online issue. 3 pages., Features the career of a farm broadcaster who "worked on the bleeding edge during the early stages of the digital transition for radio and TV."
7. Impact Assessment of Information and Communication Technologies in Agriculture: Application of The Ambitec-TICs Method
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Pinto, Daniela Maciel (author), De Oliveira, Priscilla (author), Minitti, André Fachini (author), Mendes, Angelo Mansur (author), Vilela, Gisele Freitas (author), Castro, Gustavo Spadotti Amaral (author), Nogueira, Lauro Rodrigues (author), Bogiani, Julio Cesar (author), Rocha, José Dilcio (author), Novaes, Renan Milagres Lage (author), de Barros, Inácio (author), and Rodrigues, Geraldo Stachetti (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2021-08-30
- Published:
- Brazil: Association of Management
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D12384
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Technology Management & Innovation
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol. 16 No. 2
- Notes:
- 12 pages., An extraordinary moment of agricultural modernization is currently underway due to innovations in Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). In this process, management precepts are renewed, fostering significant gains in efficiency, productivity, and sustainable use of natural resources and the environment. The growing supply of ICTs and the extension of connectivity in rural areas, with their transforming roles in productive practices and economic relations, bring about questions regarding their impacts. These technologies include precision positioning systems and large volume databases, electronic sensors of site-specific production and environmental conditions, repositories of relational data, statistical and crop forecasting software, methodologies and processes; web-based information services, among others. The assessment of impacts focused on ICTs for agriculture needs innovative approaches, due to the peculiarities of their applications, the different scales of their socioenvironmental scopes and, at the same time, the verification of effectiveness of institutional investments on research, development, and innovation (RD&I). Based on these premises, the objectives of this work are to present a ‘module of impact indicators for Information and Communication Technologies (Ambitec-TICs)’, and assess its application to six typical technology adoption cases resulting from agricultural RD&I projects. The results detail critical analyses of the contributions of the proposed module for the registration, interpretation, and communication of impacts, with recommendations for technology transfer and accountability in institutional Social Balance documentation.
8. Keep grocery shopping personal, despite tech innovations
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Sowder, Amy (author)
- Format:
- Commentary
- Publication Date:
- 2020-09
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 202 Document Number: D11965
- Journal Title:
- Packer
- Notes:
- Online from publication. 3 pages., "As we find evermore convenient ways to serve customers and work smarter, let's not lose the human touch. We all need it, no matter our age or location."
9. Mobile Technology in the Village: ICTs, Culture, and Social Change in India
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Tenhunen, Sirpa (author)
- Format:
- Conference paper
- Publication Date:
- unknown
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C27477
- Notes:
- Presented at the International Sociological Association Conference in Durban, South Africa in 2006.
10. Perceptions of the fourth agricultural revolution: what’s in, what’s out, and what consequences are anticipated?
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Barrett, Hannah (author) and Rose, David Christian (author)
- Format:
- Jounal Article
- Publication Date:
- 2020-08-30
- Published:
- United States: Wiley-Blackwell
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 206 Document Number: D12811
- Journal Title:
- Sociologia Ruralis
- Journal Title Details:
- Volume 62, Issue 2, Pages 162 - 189
- Notes:
- 28pgs, Technological advancement is seen as one way of sustainably intensifying agriculture. Scholars argue that innovation needs to be responsible, but it is difficult to anticipate the consequences of the ‘fourth agricultural revolution’ without a clear sense of which technologies are included and excluded. The major aims of this article were to investigate which technologies are being associated with the fourth agricultural revolution, as well as to understand how this revolution is being perceived, whether positive or negative consequences are given equal attention, and what type of impacts are anticipated. To this end, we undertook a content analysis of UK media and policy documents alongside interviews of farmers and advisers. We found that the fourth agricultural revolution is associated with emergent, game-changing technologies, at least in media and policy documents. In these sources, the benefits to productivity and the environment were prioritised with less attention to social consequences, but impacts were overwhelmingly presented positively. Farmers and advisers experienced many benefits of technologies and some predicted higher-tech futures. It was clear, however, that technologies create a number of negative consequences. We reflect on these findings and provide advice to policy-makers about how to interrogate the benefits, opportunities, and risks afforded by agricultural technologies.