? o g ill w e w e r e h W ? e r a e w e r e h W - T N E M N O R I V N E D N A T N E M P O L E V E ICT FOR AGRICULTURE, D L A R RURAL DEVELOPMENT U R , E R U AND ENVIRONMENT T L U C Where we are? I R G A R Where we will go? O F CT edited by Tomas Mildorf and Karel Charvat jr. I ICT FOR AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENT Where we are? Where we will go? ICT FOR AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENT Where we are? Where we will go? 1 2 ICT FOR AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENT Where we are? Where we will go? ICT FOR AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENT Where we are? Where we will go? edited by Tomas Mildorf and Karel Charvat jr. Czech Centre for Science and Society Wirelessinfo 2012 ICT FOR AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENT Where we are? Where we will go? 3 Editors: Tomas Mildorf České centrum pro vědu a společnost [email protected] Karel Charvat jr. Wirelessinfo [email protected] Reviewer: Maris Alberts Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Latvia [email protected] Authors: Balogh S., Baptista F., Benda P., Bojko J., Brun F., Buitendag A.A.K., Cartolano jr. E.A., Castro Neto M., Cerba O., Cesaretti G.P., Champomier J.C., Charvat K., Charvat jr. K., Cheruy G., Claupein W., Conesa-Munoz J., Crehan P., Csoto M., Csukas B., Dreux B., Dvorak V., Fusai B., Gelb E., Gerhards R., Gnip P., Gravalos I., Havlicek Z., Holster H, Horakova S., Jezek J., Kahuda D., Kateris D., Keller M., Kepka M., Kozel J., Krivanek Z., Kubicek P., Link-Dolezal J., Lohr V., Lokers R., Loutridis S., Lukas V., Masselin-Silvin S., Maurer L., Misso R., Molinari F., Moshou D., Musil M., Natsis A., Navarro M., Navas L.M., Oberti J., Oskera M., Pesonen L., Prepin B., Prochazka F., Ribeiro A., Ruiz G., Samie J.F., Saraiva A.M, Sawalhi N., Seaz A., Schmitz M., Silerova E., Svehla M., Teye F., Vach M., Van Der Walt J.S., Varga M., Veiga A.K., Verdouw C., Vohnout P., Waksman G., Weis M., Wissocq A.A.K., Zech C. ISBN: 978-80-905151-0-9 Photo cover: www.shutterstock.com First published, 2012 © České centrum pro vědu a společnost ( Czech Centre for Science and Society), Prague, Czech Republic Wirelessinfo, Litovel, Czech Republic This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned. Nothing from this publication may be translated, reproduced, stored in a computerised system or published in any form or in any manner, including electronic, mechanical, reprographic or photographic, without prior written permission from the publisher, Czech Centre for Science and Society, Radlická 28, 150 00 Prague 5, Czech Republic, www.ccss.cz. The individual contributions in this publication and any liabilities arising from them remain the responsibility of the authors. The publisher is not responsible for possible damages, which could be a result of content derived from this publication. 4 ICT FOR AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENT Where we are? Where we will go? Table of contents Introduction 7 Section 1 - Where we are? 9 Overview of previous activities 11 Karel Charvat The EFITA1 ICT Adoption Questionnaire – Priority Indicators for the Future 29 E. Gelb Current situation on data exchange in agriculture in the EU27 and Switzerland 37 Frederick Teye, Henri Holster, Liisa Pesonen, Sarka Horakova Section 2 – Future challenges 49 From external drivers to future challenges 51 Karel Charvat Sustainability of rural systems and Poles of excellence: the role of Information and Communication 59 Technologies Gian Paolo Cesaretti, Rosa Misso Utilising Grounded Theory research techniques to catalyze knowledge discovery within a Living Lab 70 environment AAK. Buitendag, JS. Van Der Walt Exchanges of Environmental Information: the next challenge? 86 G. Waksman, S. Masselin-Silvin, F. Brun, J. Oberti, J.F. Samie, G. Cheruy, B. Prépin, A. Wissocq, J.C. Champomier, B. Dreux NASYP: Use of environmental modeling for preventing the impacts of major accidents with 98 dangerous substances Daniel Kahuda, Marek Vach, Otakar Čerba, Jan Bojko, Jan Ježek, Přemysl Vohnout, Vítězslav Dvořák Enabling the use and exploitation of environmental data for decision making: Bridging the gap 105 between needs and requirements Ana Saez, Karel Charvat, Francesco Molinari, Mariano Navarro, Lisa Maurer WWW Technologies and Regional Development 132 Zdeněk Havlíček, Petr Benda, Václav Lohr, Šilerová Edita Section 3 - Where we go? 149 What are the priorities for future research? 151 Karel Charvat Transparent Agrifood Interoperability, Based on a Simplified Dynamic Simulation Model 155 Monika Varga, Bela Csukas, Sandor Balogh A Business Intelligence Approach to Support a Greenhouse Tomato Crop Grey Mould Disease Early 175 ICT FOR AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENT Where we are? Where we will go? 5 Warning System Miguel de Castro Neto, Fátima Baptista, Luis Manuel Navas, Gonçalo Ruiz Towards a new theoretical framework: exploring the dynamics of using ICT for farming purposes 185 Csótó Mihály Data quality concepts and methods applied to biological species occurrence data 194 Allan Koch Veiga, Antonio Mauro Saraiva, Etienne Americo Cartolano Junior The central role of use cases in enhancing data exchange and interoperability in agriculture 206 Rob Lokers, Liisa Pesonen, Cor Verdouw, Benedicte Fusai, Mario Schmitz Competence centre SenGIS – exploring methods for georeferenced multi-sensor data acquisition, 218 storage, handling and analysis M. Keller, C. Zech, M. Jackenkroll, M. Weis, J. Link-Dolezal, R. Gerhards, W. Claupein Condition monitoring in centrifugal irrigation pumps with selforganizing feature visualisation 230 Dimitrios Moshou, Ioannis Gravalos, Dimitrios Kateris, Athanasios Natsis, Nader Sawalhi, Spyridon Loutridis VLIT NODE – new technology for wireless sensor network 241 Zbynek Krivanek, Karel Charvat, Jan Jezek, Marek Musil Selected Issues of Wireless Sensor Networks Geovisualization in Agriculture 249 Petr Kubíček, Vojtěch Lukas and Jiří Kozel Server-side solution for sensor data 264 Jan Ježek, Michal Kepka Advanced monitoring systems for processing sensor network data 275 Filip Prochazka, Michal Oskera, Martin Svehla An evolutionary approach to optimally distributing a fleet of robots for weed control in arable crops 280 based on economical costs Jesus Conesa-Muñoz, Angela Ribeiro Using linear programming for tactical planning in agriculture in the frame of the COIN project 300 Karel Charvat junior, Pavel Gnip, Karel Charvat Section 4 - Vision of the future 311 What is the vision of the future? 313 Karel Charvat, Zbynek Krivanek, Pavel Gnip, Karel Charvat junior The need for continuous foresight in agriculture and food research – a case study based on Teagasc 326 2030 Patrick Crehan Section 5 - Conclusion 333 6 ICT FOR AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENT Where we are? Where we will go? Introduction Karel Charvat What is the aim of this book? Why we have decided to put together contribution from different authors? We don’t want only to describe the status of current development and research in ICT for Agriculture, Food and Environment. We would like to analyse the period of last 10 years in terms of the results achieved in the research area, implementation in practice and success of the implementation. The book analyses the technological progress during this period and the progress in the application area. What are the current challenges having the influence on ICT for agriculture and environment? What is the current status of research and what are the future trends? The book is based on two pillars: • Results of current research in Czech Centre for Science and Society, WirelessInfo and our members; • Articles of invited authors from around the world. The book was accomplished thanks to the support of the AgriXchange, COIN IP, VlitNod, LernSens and Habitats projects with use of results of previous projects including Rural Wins, A Bard, Aforo, Ami@NEtFood. Other projects supporting single articles are mentioned within these articles. The book is divided into five chapters: • Where we are – overview of previous activities and description of the state of the art • Challenges for future ICT for agriculture • Where we go • Vision of the future • Conclusion The book and materials should help to build and publicly discuss the Strategic Research Agenda (SRA) of agriXchange. The draft of agriXchange SRA is part of this book. ICT FOR AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENT Where we are? Where we will go? 7 8 ICT FOR AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENT Where we are? Where we will go? Section I Where we are? ICT FOR AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENT Where we are? Where we will go? 9