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The introduction of "smart machines" for agricultural operations will allow several advantages, such as an increase in their efficiencies, a reduction in environmental impacts and a reduction of work injuries. There are partially- and fully-automatic devices for most aspects of agricultural functions, from seeding and planting to harvesting and postharvesting, from spraying to livestock management, and so on. The objectives of this book are: study of man-machine dialogue systems; analysis on towed or carried machines: forestry chippers, manure spreaders, round balers and others; safety and health management system design and engineering; safety and health monitoring sensors and sensing; data-driven methods for anomaly detection, diagnosis and prognosis; precision farming; mechatronic; automotive and agriculture machinery applications; engineering of hybrid and integrated systems and their efficiency maximization, especially for safety and health purposes, aimed to injuries and accidents reduction, use of remote sensor and mechatronic systems applied in several aspects.

Agricultural engineering. --- Precision farming.

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The papers published in this Special Issue “WP3—Innovation in Agriculture and Forestry Sector for Energetic Sustainability” bring together some of the latest research results in the field of biomass valorization and the process of energy production and climate change and other areas relevant to energetic sustainability [1–20]. Moreover, several works address the very important topic of evaluating the safety aspects for energy plant use [21–24]. Responses to our call generated the following statistics:• Submissions (21);• Publications (15);• Rejections (6);• Article types: research articles (13), reviews (2). Of the submitted papers, 15 have been successfully published as articles. Reviewing and selecting the papers for this Special Issue was very inspiring and rewarding. We also thank the editorial staff and reviewers for their efforts and help during the process. For better comprehension, the contributions to this Special Issue are divided into sections, as follows.

Technology: general issues --- biomass waste --- gasification --- power generation --- internal combustion engine --- CHP --- Aspen Plus --- rotary dryer --- drying process --- thermal energy --- wood chips --- life cycle analysis --- environmental valuation --- biochar --- willow --- pig manure --- renewable energy --- biomass --- olive pomace --- combustion --- ORC --- working fluid --- beet tops --- rotary cutting device --- tractor --- oscillations --- differential equations --- optimal parameters --- biomass production --- greenhouse --- multiple environmental parameters --- interactive optimization scheme --- spatial distributed factors --- online–offline strategy --- CFD-EA --- chipping --- pellet --- poplar --- SRWC --- pelletization --- biomass quality --- energy quality --- horse skidding --- winch skidding --- cable yarder --- life cycle assessment --- societal assessment --- economic assessment --- multi-criteria decision analysis --- sustainable forest management --- innovation --- agriculture --- forestry --- energy --- sustainability --- updraft --- syngas --- oxidizing agent --- energy saving --- efficiency --- controlled environment --- agricultural residues --- market --- anaerobic digestion --- global warming potential --- externalities --- compost --- woody pellet --- agropellet --- quality --- standards --- blending --- sugar beet --- beet top cutting --- tractor–harvester aggregate --- n/a --- online-offline strategy --- tractor-harvester aggregate

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The papers published in this Special Issue “WP3—Innovation in Agriculture and Forestry Sector for Energetic Sustainability” bring together some of the latest research results in the field of biomass valorization and the process of energy production and climate change and other areas relevant to energetic sustainability [1–20]. Moreover, several works address the very important topic of evaluating the safety aspects for energy plant use [21–24]. Responses to our call generated the following statistics:• Submissions (21);• Publications (15);• Rejections (6);• Article types: research articles (13), reviews (2). Of the submitted papers, 15 have been successfully published as articles. Reviewing and selecting the papers for this Special Issue was very inspiring and rewarding. We also thank the editorial staff and reviewers for their efforts and help during the process. For better comprehension, the contributions to this Special Issue are divided into sections, as follows.

Technology: general issues --- biomass waste --- gasification --- power generation --- internal combustion engine --- CHP --- Aspen Plus --- rotary dryer --- drying process --- thermal energy --- wood chips --- life cycle analysis --- environmental valuation --- biochar --- willow --- pig manure --- renewable energy --- biomass --- olive pomace --- combustion --- ORC --- working fluid --- beet tops --- rotary cutting device --- tractor --- oscillations --- differential equations --- optimal parameters --- biomass production --- greenhouse --- multiple environmental parameters --- interactive optimization scheme --- spatial distributed factors --- online-offline strategy --- CFD-EA --- chipping --- pellet --- poplar --- SRWC --- pelletization --- biomass quality --- energy quality --- horse skidding --- winch skidding --- cable yarder --- life cycle assessment --- societal assessment --- economic assessment --- multi-criteria decision analysis --- sustainable forest management --- innovation --- agriculture --- forestry --- energy --- sustainability --- updraft --- syngas --- oxidizing agent --- energy saving --- efficiency --- controlled environment --- agricultural residues --- market --- anaerobic digestion --- global warming potential --- externalities --- compost --- woody pellet --- agropellet --- quality --- standards --- blending --- sugar beet --- beet top cutting --- tractor-harvester aggregate --- biomass waste --- gasification --- power generation --- internal combustion engine --- CHP --- Aspen Plus --- rotary dryer --- drying process --- thermal energy --- wood chips --- life cycle analysis --- environmental valuation --- biochar --- willow --- pig manure --- renewable energy --- biomass --- olive pomace --- combustion --- ORC --- working fluid --- beet tops --- rotary cutting device --- tractor --- oscillations --- differential equations --- optimal parameters --- biomass production --- greenhouse --- multiple environmental parameters --- interactive optimization scheme --- spatial distributed factors --- online-offline strategy --- CFD-EA --- chipping --- pellet --- poplar --- SRWC --- pelletization --- biomass quality --- energy quality --- horse skidding --- winch skidding --- cable yarder --- life cycle assessment --- societal assessment --- economic assessment --- multi-criteria decision analysis --- sustainable forest management --- innovation --- agriculture --- forestry --- energy --- sustainability --- updraft --- syngas --- oxidizing agent --- energy saving --- efficiency --- controlled environment --- agricultural residues --- market --- anaerobic digestion --- global warming potential --- externalities --- compost --- woody pellet --- agropellet --- quality --- standards --- blending --- sugar beet --- beet top cutting --- tractor-harvester aggregate