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    2. Evolution of Internet of Things (IoT) and its significant impact in the field of precision agriculture

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Khanna, Abhishek (author) and Kaur, Sanmeet (author)
    Format:
    Online journal article
    Publication Date:
    2019-02
    Published:
    India: Elsevier
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 7 Document Number: D10290
    Journal Title:
    Computers and Electronics in Agriculture
    Journal Title Details:
    157 : 218-231
    Notes:
    14 pages., Via online journal., During recent years, one of the most familiar name scaling new heights and creating a benchmark is Internet of Things (IoT). It is indeed the future of communication that has transformed Things (Objects) of the real world into smarter devices. The functional aspect of IoT is to unite every object of the world in such a manner that humans have the ability to control them via Internet. Furthermore, these objects also provide regular as well as timely updates on their current status to its end user. Although IoT concepts were proposed a couple of years ago, it may not be incorrect to quote that this term has become a benchmark for establishing communication among objects. In context to the present standings of IoT, identification of the most prominent applications in the field of IoT have been highlighted and a comprehensive review has been done specifically in the field of Precision Agriculture. This article evaluates contributions made by various researchers and academicians over the past few years. Furthermore, existing challenges faced while performing agricultural activities have been highlighted along with future research directions to equip novel researchers of this domain to assess the current standings of IoT and to further improve upon them with more inspiring and innovative ideas.

    3. Exploring barriers to the adoption of internet of things-based precision agriculture practices

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Hundal, Gaganpreet Singh (author), Laux, Chad Matthew (author), Buckmaster, Dennis (author), Sutton, Mathias J (author), and Langemeier, Michael (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2023-01-09
    Published:
    Switzerland: MDPI
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 206 Document Number: D12835
    Journal Title:
    Journal of Agriculture
    Journal Title Details:
    Vol. 13, Iss. 1
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    16 pages, The production of row crops in the Midwestern (Indiana) region of the US has been facing environmental and economic sustainability issues. There has been an increase in trend for the application of fertilizers (nitrogen &amp; phosphorus), farm machinery fuel costs and decreasing labor productivity leading to non-optimized usage of farm inputs. Literature describes how sustainable practices such as profitability (return on investments), operational cost reduction, hazardous waste reduction, delivery performance and overall productivity might be adopted in the context of precision agriculture technologies (variable rate irrigation, variable rate fertilization, cloud-based analytics, and telematics for farm machinery navigation). The literature review describes low adoption of Internet of Things (IoT)-based precision agriculture technologies, such as variable rate fertilizer (39%), variable rate pesticide (8%), variable rate irrigation (4%), cloud-based data analytics (21%) and telematics (10%) amongst Midwestern row crop producers. Barriers to the adoption of IoT-based precision agriculture technologies cited in the literature include cost effectiveness, power requirements, wireless communication range, data latency, data scalability, data storage, data processing and data interoperability. Therefore, this study focused on exploring and understanding decision-making variables related to barriers through three focus group interview sessions conducted with eighteen (n = 18) subject matter experts (SME) in IoT- based precision agriculture practices. Dependency relationships described between cost, data latency, data scalability, power consumption, communication range, type of wireless communication and precision agriculture application is one of the main findings. The results might inform precision agriculture practitioners, producers and other stakeholders about variables related to technical and operational barriers for the adoption of IoT-based precision agriculture practices.

    4. Exploring the potential of precision livestock farming technologies to help address farm animal welfare

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Schillings, Juliette (author), Bennett, Richard (author), and Rose, David Christian (author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    2021-05-13
    Published:
    Switzerland: Frontiers Media S.A.
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 206 Document Number: D12962
    Journal Title:
    Frontiers in Animal Science
    Journal Title Details:
    V.2
    Notes:
    17 pages, The rise in the demand for animal products due to demographic and dietary changes has exacerbated difficulties in addressing societal concerns related to the environment, human health, and animal welfare. As a response to this challenge, Precision Livestock Farming (PLF) technologies are being developed to monitor animal health and welfare parameters in a continuous and automated way, offering the opportunity to improve productivity and detect health issues at an early stage. However, ethical concerns have been raised regarding their potential to facilitate the management of production systems that are potentially harmful to animal welfare, or to impact the human-animal relationship and farmers' duty of care. Using the Five Domains Model (FDM) as a framework, the aim is to explore the potential of PLF to help address animal welfare and to discuss potential welfare benefits and risks of using such technology. A variety of technologies are identified and classified according to their type [sensors, bolus, image or sound based, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)], their development stage, the species they apply to, and their potential impact on welfare. While PLF technologies have promising potential to reduce the occurrence of diseases and injuries in livestock farming systems, their current ability to help promote positive welfare states remains limited, as technologies with such potential generally remain at earlier development stages. This is likely due to the lack of evidence related to the validity of positive welfare indicators as well as challenges in technology adoption and development. Finally, the extent to which welfare can be improved will also strongly depend on whether management practices will be adapted to minimize negative consequences and maximize benefits to welfare.

    8. Threats to precision agriculture

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Format:
    Report
    Publication Date:
    2018
    Published:
    USA: U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Washington, D.C.
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 199 Document Number: D10014
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    Report of the 2018 Public-Private Analytic Exchange Program. Retrieved via Agri Marketing Weekly. 25 pages.

    9. Trends on Advanced Information and Communication Technologies for Improving Agricultural Productivities: A Bibliometric Analysis

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Armenta-Medina, Dagoberto (author), Ramirez-del Real, Tania A. (author), Villanueva-Vásquez, Daniel (author), and Mejia-Aguirre, Cristian (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    unknown
    Published:
    International: MDPI
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 204 Document Number: D12386
    Journal Title:
    Agronomy
    Journal Title Details:
    Vol. 10 (12)
    Notes:
    24 pages, In this work, an exhaustive revision is given of the literature associated with advanced information and communication technologies in agriculture within a window of 25 years using bibliometric tools enabled to detect of the main actors, structure, and dynamics in the scientific papers. The main findings are a trend of growth in the dynamics of publications associated with advanced information and communication technologies in agriculture productivity. Another assertion is that countries, like the USA, China, and Brazil, stand out in many publications due to allocating more resources to research, development, and agricultural productivity. In addition, the collaboration networks between countries are frequently in regions with closer cultural and idiomatic ties; additionally, terms’ occurrence are obtained with Louvain algorithm predominating four clusters: precision agriculture, smart agriculture, remote sensing, and climate smart agriculture. Finally, the thematic-map characterization with Callon’s density and centrality is applied in three periods. The first period of thematic analysis shows a transition in detecting the variability of a nutrient, such as nitrogen, through the help of immature georeferenced techniques, towards greater remote sensing involvement. In the transition from the second to the third stage, the maturation of technologies, such as unmanned aerial vehicles, wireless sensor networks, and the machine learning area, is observed

    10. Wireless Local Area Networking for Farm Operations and Farm Management

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    McKinion, James M. (author), Willers, J.L. (author), Jenkins, J.N. (author), and American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers
    Format:
    Conference paper
    Publication Date:
    unknown
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 162 Document Number: C26694
    Journal Title:
    ASAE Annual International Meeting 2004
    Journal Title Details:
    (2004): 3639-3654