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SPARKLE - Entrepreneurship for Sustainable Precision Agriculture (SPA) is a course aiming to increase 'agripreneurship' among students, entrepreneurs and academics, enhancing knowledge and skills on technologies, innovations, entrepreneurial thinking and problem-solving skills into the farming sector. It also aims to transform the agricultural sector into a SPA-oriented system that could build an innovative ecosystem of agripreuners and agritechnicians around agriculture and entrepreneurship. The course is divided into four areas (SPA Overview, Technologies, Social and economic aspects and entrepreneurship in agriculture), 12 lessons and 55 topics leads students on a path for deepening the knowledge in a comprehensive system where technologies are a piece of the whole structure.

Sustainable Precision Agriculture --- Smart Farming --- Lean Management --- Entrepreneurship in Agriculture

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Digitale Technik ist längst fester Bestandteil der Massentierhaltung und des modernen Herdenmanagements. Auf Basis der elektronischen Tierkennzeichnung operiert das »Smart Farming« gleichermaßen mit Tierdaten und Datentieren. Neben der intendierten Identifikation und Verfolgbarkeit geraten hierbei vermehrt Formen der Überwachung und Kontrolle in den Blick - und schließlich auch Verhaltensänderungen bei den Tieren selbst. Aus der Verbindung von Lebewesen und technischem Artefakt resultieren zunehmend Fragen nach dem Status des Tieres in unserer Kultur. Unter dem Aspekt der »anonymen Individualisierung« analysiert Ina Bolinski aus medienwissenschaftlicher Perspektive die aktuellen Aushandlungen um den veränderten Akteurstatus von Tier, Technik und Mensch.

SOCIAL SCIENCE / General. --- Actor-network-theory. --- Agency. --- Animal. --- Biopolitics. --- Cultural Studies. --- Digitalization. --- Ecology. --- Ethics. --- Human-Animal Studies. --- Individualization. --- Media History. --- Media. --- Technology. --- Medientechniken; Elektronische Tierkennzeichnung; Nutztiere; Mensch-Tier-Beziehung; Smart Farming; Individualisierung; Akteur-Netzwerk-Theorie; Agency; Natur-Kultur; Digitalisierung; RFID; Domestikation; Ethik; Nutztieranlagen; Agrarmanagement; Tier; Technik; Medien; Human-animal Studies; Mediengeschichte; Biopolitik; Ökologie; Kulturwissenschaft; Human-animal Relationship; Individualization; Actor-network-theory; Digitalization; Ethics; Animal; Technology; Media; Human-Animal Studies; Media History; Biopolitics; Ecology; Cultural Studies

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Open-source electronics are becoming very popular, and are integrated with our daily educational and developmental activities. At present, the use open-source electronics for teaching science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) has become a global trend. Off-the-shelf embedded electronics such as Arduino- and Raspberry-compatible modules have been widely used for various applications, from do-it-yourself (DIY) to industrial projects. In addition to the growth of open-source software platforms, open-source electronics play an important role in narrowing the gap between prototyping and product development. Indeed, the technological and social impacts of open-source electronics in teaching, research, and innovation have been widely recognized.

distributed measurement systems --- open-source platform --- n/a --- FPGA --- technology convergence --- distributed energy resource --- vision system --- infrared --- DC/DC converter --- modified sliding window algorithm --- virtual sensor --- open platform --- context --- maximum power point tracking (MPPT) --- ontology --- Python --- EPICS --- human-computer interface (HCI) --- visual algorithms --- open hardware --- automated vehicle --- interleaved --- electromyogram (EMG) --- sensor detection --- smart farming --- digital signal controllers --- blockchain --- PiCamera --- eye tracking --- smart cities --- Arduino --- smart converter --- OPC UA --- Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) --- wireless sensor networks --- Raspberry Pi --- BeagleBoard --- service learning --- embedded systems education --- individual management of livestock --- robotics --- sensor networks --- dsPIC --- thermal imaging --- photovoltaic (PV) system --- hardware trojan taxonomy --- science teaching --- side channel analysis --- coalition --- electrooculogram (EOG) --- automation networks --- robotic tool --- cloud computing --- Java --- industry 4.0 --- teaching robotics --- Digital Signal Processor (DSP) --- piecewise linear approximation (PLA) --- Internet of Things --- Cloud of Things --- STEM --- support vector regression --- cyber-physical systems --- interaction --- node-RED --- momentum data sensing --- remote sensing platform

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The rising shortage of water resources in crop-producing regions worldwide and the need for irrigation optimisation call for sustainable water savings. The allocation of irrigation water will be an ever-increasing source of pressure because of vast agricultural demands under changing climatic conditions. Consequently, irrigation has to be closely linked with water-use efficiency with the aim of boosting productivity and improving food quality, singularly in those regions where problems of water shortages or collection and delivery are widespread. The present Special Issue (SI) showcases 19 original contributions, addressing water-use efficiency in the context of sustainable irrigation management to meet water scarcity conditions. These papers cover a wide range of subjects including (i) interaction mineral nutrition and irrigation in horticultural crops, (ii) sustainable irrigation in woody fruit crops, (iii) medicinal plants, (iv) industrial crops, and (v) other topics devoted to remote sensing techniques and crop water requirements, genotypes for drought tolerance, and agricultural management. The studies were carried out in both field and laboratory surveys, with modelling studies also being conducted, and a wide range of geographic regions are also covered. The collection of these manuscripts presented in this SI updates on and provides a relevant contribution for efficient saving water resources.

Research & information: general --- Biology, life sciences --- Technology, engineering, agriculture --- fruit size --- Manzanilla --- olive --- regulated deficit irrigation --- water potential --- water relation --- leaf area --- Manihot esculenta --- photosynthesis --- tuber --- water status --- antioxidant capacity --- bioactive compounds --- growth --- hydroxycinnamic acids --- hydroponics --- preformed plastic mulch film --- crop water productivity --- biodegradation --- crop productivity --- spray-on mulch --- water use efficiency --- almond cultivars --- crop physiological response --- irrigation water productivity --- nut yield --- drip irrigation --- silicon --- mineral nutrients --- oxidative stress --- osmolytes --- yield --- Zea mays --- ERP --- GIS --- internet of things --- precision agriculture --- quality --- environment --- water --- software --- platform --- web application --- crop coefficient --- drought stress --- evapotranspiration --- maize --- water productivity --- Prunus dulcis --- Vairo --- water stress --- sustained deficit irrigation --- quality markers --- leaf greenness index --- root morphology --- almond quality --- sustainability --- marketability --- semiarid Mediterranean environment --- root components --- yield components --- fruit quality --- deficit irrigation --- leaf area index --- harvest index --- photosynthetic rate --- transpiration rate --- greenhouse --- in vitro culture --- apple --- cherries --- midday stem water potential --- sap flow --- stomatal conductance --- FDR probes and daily fraction of intercepted photosynthetically active radiation --- abiotic stress --- Linum album Ky. ex Boiss. --- morphological properties --- phenology --- pigments --- diversity --- root length density --- root weight density --- root-shoot relationships --- benefit-cost ratio --- nitrogen --- root growth --- tomato --- water saving --- Jerusalem artichoke --- mineral fertilization --- irrigation --- diseases --- fungi --- crop suitability --- remote sensing --- ALES-Arid --- SEBAL --- landsat --- crop-water requirements --- smart farming --- crop-production functions --- food quality --- crop physiological response to drought scenarios