Artificial intelligence and food security: swarm intelligence of AgriTech drones for smart AgriFood operations
Artificial intelligence and food security: swarm intelligence of AgriTech drones for smart AgriFood operations
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) present the emerging need to explore new ways of AgriFood production and food security as ultimate targets for feeding future generations. The study adopts a Design Science methodology and proposes Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques as a solution to food security problems. Specifically, the proposed artefact presents the collective use of Agricultural Technology (AgriTech) drones inspired by the biomimetic ways of bird swarms. The design (artefact) appears here as a solution for supporting farming operations in inaccessible land, so as unmanned aerial devices contribute and improve the productivity of farming areas with limited capacity. The proposed design is developed through a scenario of drone swarms applying AI techniques to address food security issues. The study concludes by presenting a research agenda and the sectoral challenges triggered by the applications of AI in Agriculture.
AgriFood sector, artificial intelligence (AI), food security, sustainable development goals (SDGs), swarm intelligence (SI)
Spanaki, Konstantina
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Despoudi, Stella
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Irani, Zahir
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Spanaki, Konstantina
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Despoudi, Stella
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Spanaki, Konstantina, Karafili, Erisa, Sivarajah, Uthayasankar, Despoudi, Stella and Irani, Zahir
(2021)
Artificial intelligence and food security: swarm intelligence of AgriTech drones for smart AgriFood operations.
Production Planning and Control.
(doi:10.1080/09537287.2021.1882688).
Abstract
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) present the emerging need to explore new ways of AgriFood production and food security as ultimate targets for feeding future generations. The study adopts a Design Science methodology and proposes Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques as a solution to food security problems. Specifically, the proposed artefact presents the collective use of Agricultural Technology (AgriTech) drones inspired by the biomimetic ways of bird swarms. The design (artefact) appears here as a solution for supporting farming operations in inaccessible land, so as unmanned aerial devices contribute and improve the productivity of farming areas with limited capacity. The proposed design is developed through a scenario of drone swarms applying AI techniques to address food security issues. The study concludes by presenting a research agenda and the sectoral challenges triggered by the applications of AI in Agriculture.
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Artificial Intelligence and Food Security
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Accepted/In Press date: 18 July 2020
e-pub ahead of print date: 25 February 2021
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AgriFood sector, artificial intelligence (AI), food security, sustainable development goals (SDGs), swarm intelligence (SI)
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/442863
ISSN: 0953-7287
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Erisa Karafili
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Uthayasankar Sivarajah
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Stella Despoudi
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Zahir Irani
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