Integrating Sensors, AI, and Biodiversity Indices for Sustainable Farming and Livestock: Evaluating Environmental Impacts, Efficiency, and Life Cycle Assessment

Dear Colleagues,

Sustainable agriculture and livestock practices are critical for ensuring food security, environmental conservation, and the well-being of future generations. To achieve these goals, there is a pressing need to integrate advanced technologies and innovative management practices. This proposed Special Issue aims to explore the potential synergy of sensors, artificial intelligence (AI), calculation of biodiversity indices, assessment of environmental impacts, efficiency of combined management practices, and life cycle assessment (LCA) in enhancing agronomic and livestock sustainability. This Special Issue will bring together researchers, experts, and practitioners from various disciplines to present original research, reviews, case studies, and perspectives on the following topics:

Sensor technologies for sustainable agriculture and livestock management; Artificial intelligence and data analytics for sustainable agronomy and livestock biodiversity indices; Environmental impact assessment combined management practices efficiency life cycle assessment (LCA) in agriculture and livestock systems

Dr. Maura Sannino
Dr. Mariano Crimaldi
Guest Editors

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• sensor
• livestock precision
• LCA
• biodiverisity
• IoT
• remote sensing
• agriculture 4.0