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Interpretable Machine Learning for Legume Yield Prediction Using Satellite Remote Sensing Data Open

Theodoros Petropoulos, Lefteris Benos, Remigio Berruto, Gabriele Miserendino, Vasso Marinoudi , et al. · 2025

Accurate crop yield prediction is vital towards optimizing agricultural productivity. Machine Learning (ML) has shown promise in this field; however, its application to legume crops, especially to lupin, remains limited, while many models …

Benchmarking Large Language Models in Evaluating Workforce Risk of Robotization: Insights from Agriculture Open

Lefteris Benos, Vasso Marinoudi, Patrizia Busato, Dimitrios Katerıs, Simon Pearson , et al. · 2025

Understanding the impact of robotization on the workforce dynamics has become increasingly urgent. While expert assessments provide valuable insights, they are often time-consuming and resource-intensive. Large language models (LLMs) offer…

Fungal Biota and Mycotoxins Contamination in Soybean Expeller Open

Gisele Maciel, Claudia Castellari, Leandro Marcelo Cardoso, M.B. Abadía, Patrizia Busato , et al. · 2025

Soybean expeller (SBE), a by-product of soybean oil extraction through the extruding-expelling process, is widely used as a protein source in animal feed and soy-based foods. This study evaluated fungal contamination and mycotoxin levels i…

Simplifying Field Traversing Efficiency Estimation Using Machine Learning and Geometric Field Indices Open

Gavriela Asiminari, Lefteris Benos, Dimitrios Katerıs, Patrizia Busato, Charisios Achillas , et al. · 2025

Enhancing agricultural machinery field efficiency offers substantial benefits for farm management by optimizing the available resources, thereby reducing cost, maximizing productivity, and supporting sustainability. Field efficiency is inf…

Soil Organic Carbon Assessment for Carbon Farming: A Review Open

Theodoros Petropoulos, Lefteris Benos, Patrizia Busato, George Kyriakarakos, Dimitrios Katerıs , et al. · 2025

This review is motivated by the urgent need to improve soil organic carbon (SOC) assessment methods, which are vital for enhancing soil health, addressing climate change, and promoting carbon farming. By employing a structured approach tha…

Explainable AI-Enhanced Human Activity Recognition for Human–Robot Collaboration in Agriculture Open

Lefteris Benos, Dimitrios Tsaopoulos, Aristotelis C. Tagarakis, Dimitrios Katerıs, Patrizia Busato , et al. · 2025

This study addresses a critical gap in human activity recognition (HAR) research by enhancing both the explainability and efficiency of activity classification in collaborative human–robot systems, particularly in agricultural environments…

Integrated Route-Planning System for Agricultural Robots Open

Gavriela Asiminari, Vasileios Moysiadis, Dimitrios Katerıs, Patrizia Busato, Caicong Wu , et al. · 2024

Within the transition from precision agriculture (task-specific approach) to smart farming (system-specific approach) there is a need to build and evaluate robotic systems that are part of an overall integrated system under a continuous tw…

Human–Robot Interaction in Agriculture: A Systematic Review Open

Lefteris Benos, Vasileios Moysiadis, Dimitrios Katerıs, Aristotelis C. Tagarakis, Patrizia Busato , et al. · 2023

In the pursuit of optimizing the efficiency, flexibility, and adaptability of agricultural practices, human–robot interaction (HRI) has emerged in agriculture. Enabled by the ongoing advancement in information and communication technologie…

Skill Needs for Sustainable Agri-Food and Forestry Sectors (II): Insights of a European Survey Open

Ana Ramalho, Billy Goodburn, Luis Mayor, Line Friis Lindner, Christoph F. Knöbl , et al. · 2023

The agri-food and forestry sectors are in transition towards more sustainable, green, and innovative systems tackling several challenges posed by globalization, governance, and consumers’ demands. This transition to novel processes, market…

UAV-Supported Route Planning for UGVs in Semi-Deterministic Agricultural Environments Open

Dimitrios Katikaridis, Vasileios Moysiadis, Naoum Tsolakis, Patrizia Busato, Dimitrios Katerıs , et al. · 2022

Automated agricultural operations must be planned and organized to reduce risk and failure potential while optimizing productivity and efficiency. However, the diversity of natural outdoor environments and the varied data types and volumes…

An Integrated Real-Time Hand Gesture Recognition Framework for Human–Robot Interaction in Agriculture Open

Vasileios Moysiadis, Dimitrios Katikaridis, Lefteris Benos, Patrizia Busato, Athanasios Anagnostis , et al. · 2022

Incorporating hand gesture recognition in human–robot interaction has the potential to provide a natural way of communication, thus contributing to a more fluid collaboration toward optimizing the efficiency of the application at hand and …

Skill Needs for Sustainable Agri-Food and Forestry Sectors (I): Assessment through European and National Focus Groups Open

Luis Mayor, Line Friis Lindner, Christoph F. Knöbl, Ana Ramalho, Remigio Berruto , et al. · 2022

The agri-food and forestry sectors are under increasing pressure to adapt to climate change, consumer concern, technological and economic change, and complex global value chains. In turn, such challenges require that the necessary skills a…

Skill Needs for Sustainable Agri-Food and Forestry Sectors (I): Assessment through European and National Focus Groups Open

Luis Javier Bravo Mayor, Line Friis Lindner, Christoph F. Knöbl, Ana Ramalho, Remigio Berruto , et al. · 2022

Eleven focus groups in nine different EU-countries and two at EU-level were organized within the ERASMUS+ project “FIELDS” with the participation of farmers, cooperatives, agri-food companies, foresters, forest industries, advisors, and ed…

A European skills strategy for the agri-food and forestry sectors – key challenges and prerequisites Open

Jacques Trienekens, Francesca Sanna, Patrizia Busato, Remigio Berruto · 2022

The Erasmus + FIELDS project aims to contribute to skill enhancement of workers in the agriculture, food industry and forestry sectors, to be able to make full use of the opportunities and comply with requirements of the "Twin" Green and D…

Proposing UGV and UAV Systems for 3D Mapping of Orchard Environments Open

Aristotelis C. Tagarakis, Evangelia Filippou, Damianos Kalaitzidis, Lefteris Benos, Patrizia Busato , et al. · 2022

During the last decades, consumer-grade RGB-D (red green blue-depth) cameras have gained popularity for several applications in agricultural environments. Interestingly, these cameras are used for spatial mapping that can serve for robot l…

Erasmus+ EU FIELDS project: bioeconomy, digitalisation and sustainability skill needs designed with a multidisciplinary approach Open

Francesca Sanna, Remigio Berruto, G. Botta, Daniele Rossi, Luis Mayor , et al. · 2021

There are new challenges and opportunities for agriculture today, driven by the climate change, the greening of the products and processes, the reuse of side-stream products, the raised complexity of the chain and the increased availabilit…

EIT Food - EU PRO4BAKE project: Improve artigianal bakeries performances considering both demand forecast and process optimisation: the EIT FOOD Pro4Bake approach Open

Remigio Berruto, Sara Beduschi, Botta Giulia, Patrizia Busato, Nadja Reinhardt , et al. · 2021

The bakery products subsector has the largest number of companies, value added, employees and number of companies in Europe (Food and Drinks, 2011). Over-consumption of energy in bakeries due to inefficient scheduling and production planni…

A cost prediction model for machine operation in multi-field production systems Open

Alessandro Sopegno, Patrizia Busato, Remigio Berruto, Thiago Libório Romanelli · 2021

Capacity planning in agricultural field operations needs to give consideration to the operational system design which involves the selection and dimensioning of production components, such as machinery and equipment. Capacity planning mode…

Green, Yellow, and Woody Biomass Supply-Chain Management: A Review Open

Efthymios Rodias, Remigio Berruto, Dionysis Bochtis, Alessandro Sopegno, Patrizia Busato · 2019

Various sources of biomass contribute significantly in energy production globally given a series of constraints in its primary production. Green biomass sources (such as perennial grasses), yellow biomass sources (such as crop residues), a…

Logistic benefits of innovative scenarios for fresh meat distribution Open

Patrizia Busato, Alessandro Sopegno, Remigio Berruto · 2019

OPTIMISATION OF MANPOWER UTILISATION IN A PROFESSIONAL FOOD SERVICE BY MEANS OF DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATION MODELS Open

Patrizia Busato, Alessandro Sopegno, R. Guidetti · 2019

Effect of Densification Conditions on Specific Energy Requirements and Physical Properties of Compacts Made from Hop Cone Open

Niccolò Pampuro, Patrizia Busato, Eugenio Cavallo · 2018

Hop cones, due to their essential flavor, are one of the four main ingredients for beer production. The paper reports the results on an investigation of the densification process of hop cones. This experiment investigated (i) the effects o…

Machine Learning in Agriculture: A Review Open

Κωνσταντίνος Λιάκος, Patrizia Busato, Dimitrios Moshou, Simon Pearson, Dionysis Bochtis · 2018

Machine learning has emerged with big data technologies and high-performance computing to create new opportunities for data intensive science in the multi-disciplinary agri-technologies domain. In this paper, we present a comprehensive rev…

Gaseous Emissions after Soil Application of Pellet Made from Composted Pig Slurry Solid Fraction: Effect of Application Method and Pellet Diameter Open

Niccolò Pampuro, Patrizia Busato, Eugenio Cavallo · 2018

The study aimed at determining ammonia and GHG emissions from soil fertilized with pellets made from composted pig slurry solid fraction and to evaluate the effects of pellet diameter and pellet application method on gaseous emissions. A l…

Water Gender Indicators in Agriculture: A Study of Horticultural Farmer Organizations in Senegal Open

Francesca Alice Centrone, Angela Mosso, Patrizia Busato, Angela Calvo · 2017

This paper intends to contribute to the debate on gender equality and water within the Sustainable Development Goals SDGs 5 and 6. Farmers organizations are often considered key stakeholders whose participation should be fostered to achiev…

Energy Savings from Optimised In-Field Route Planning for Agricultural Machinery Open

Efthymios Rodias, Remigio Berruto, Patrizia Busato, Dionysis Bochtis, Claus Aage Grøn Sørensen , et al. · 2017

Various types of sensors technologies, such as machine vision and global positioning system (GPS) have been implemented in navigation of agricultural vehicles. Automated navigation systems have proved the potential for the execution of opt…

A Computational Tool for Comparative Energy Cost Analysis of Multiple-Crop Production Systems Open

Efthymios Rodias, Remigio Berruto, Dionysis Bochtis, Patrizia Busato, Alessandro Sopegno · 2017

Various crops can be considered as potential bioenergy and biofuel production feedstocks. The selection of the crops to be cultivated for that purpose is based on several factors. For an objective comparison between different crops, a comm…

The effect of distance and field area on energy balance of switchgrass Open

Efthymios Rodias, Remigio Berruto, Patrizia Busato, Dionysis Bochtis · 2017

Energy crops, nowadays, constitute a significant share of energy production through biomass sources. Switchgrass is among the energy crops with high potential in biomass energy production, given some of its specific features. In order to e…

FOODLAB Business Tool to Foster Entrepreneurship in the Agrifood Sector Open

Patrizia Busato, Remigio Berruto, Alessandro Sopegno, Marco Rosso · 2017

The FOODLAB project develop a project-based learning approach and an entrepreneurial spirit in students, foster interactions between stakeholders in Food innovation and guide the development of innovative projects for Ecotrophelia, the Eur…

A Web-Based Tool for Energy Balance Estimation in Multiple-Crops Production Systems Open

Patrizia Busato, Alessandro Sopegno, Remigio Berruto, Dionysis Bochtis, Angela Calvo · 2017

Biomass production systems include multiple-crops rotations, various machinery systems, diversified operational practices and several dispersed fields located in a range of distances between the various facilities (e.g., storage and proces…

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