Table 3 Problems to solve and objectives...

Table 3

Problems to solve and objectives to achieve

Problems to solve-Objectives to achieve		37
	Increase efficiency and maximise the farm return	26
	- Yields improvement and optimization	15
	- Optimal water management	12
	- Manage the new customer demand	6
	- Reduction of losses in the agrifood chain	4
	- Inefficiency of manual monitoring and time-savings	4
	Manage the environmental impact and external changes	24
	- Desertification, lack of fertility soil and scarcity of land	14
	- Climate change and environmental management	8
	- Reduce the environmental impact and avoid contamination of land and sea	6
	- Reduce the usage of insecticides and pesticides	4
	- Weed control	3
	- Bees' colony losses	1
	- Promoting and introducing new varieties of crops	1
	Predict and manage the farm complexity	19
	- Manage the farm complexity increasing efficiency and predictability	11
	- Simulate physical scenario	9
	- Crop disease detection	4
	- Optimal sowing date prediction	2
	- Prevision of optimal harvest date	2
	Feed the increasing global population-food security	9
	Other objectives	2
	- Lack of fertilizers in some developing countries	1
	- Stimulate an inclusive ownership and participation strategy with equitable outcomes in the market	1

Problems to solve-Objectives to achieve		37
	Increase efficiency and maximise the farm return	26
	- Yields improvement and optimization	15
	- Optimal water management	12
	- Manage the new customer demand	6
	- Reduction of losses in the agrifood chain	4
	- Inefficiency of manual monitoring and time-savings	4
	Manage the environmental impact and external changes	24
	- Desertification, lack of fertility soil and scarcity of land	14
	- Climate change and environmental management	8
	- Reduce the environmental impact and avoid contamination of land and sea	6
	- Reduce the usage of insecticides and pesticides	4
	- Weed control	3
	- Bees' colony losses	1
	- Promoting and introducing new varieties of crops	1
	Predict and manage the farm complexity	19
	- Manage the farm complexity increasing efficiency and predictability	11
	- Simulate physical scenario	9
	- Crop disease detection	4
	- Optimal sowing date prediction	2
	- Prevision of optimal harvest date	2
	Feed the increasing global population-food security	9
	Other objectives	2
	- Lack of fertilizers in some developing countries	1
	- Stimulate an inclusive ownership and participation strategy with equitable outcomes in the market	1

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