Agriculture Value Chain - Challenges and Trends in Academia and Industry

Part of the Studies in Systems, Decision and Control Book Series (volume 280)

Editors: Hernández, Jorge E.; Kacprzyk, Janusz

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-51047-3

ISBN: 978-3-030-51046-6

Publisher: Springer International Publishing - Springer Journals

Jul 26, 2020

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Chapter 1Web-Augmentation, Design Thinking, and Collaboration Engineering to Foster Innovation in DSS for Agriculture: A Case Study

Urbieta, Matías; Firmenich, Sergio; Zaraté, Pascale; Fernandez, Alejandro

Pages: 1 –18

[Decision making in agriculture increasingly relies on software, for example to gather important information or to weight alternatives. Information systems innovation in agriculture is a challenging and very active area. Existing software products, frequently implemented as web applications, are...
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Chapter 2A Conceptual Framework for Crop-Based Agri-food Supply Chain Characterization Under Uncertainty

Alemany, M. M. E.; Esteso, Ana; Ortiz, A.; Hernández, J. E.; Fernández, A.; Garrido, A.; Martín, J.; Liu, S.; Zhao, G.; Guyon, C.; Iannacone, R.

Pages: 19 –33

[Crop-based Agri-food Supply Chains (AFSCs) are complex systems that face multiple sources of uncertainty that can cause a significant imbalance between supply and demand in terms of product varieties, quantities, qualities, customer requirements, times and prices, all of which greatly complicate...
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Chapter 3An Extension to Scenarios to Deal with Business Cases for the Decision-Making Processes in the Agribusiness Domain

Antonelli, L.; Camilleri, G.; Challiol, C.; Fernandez, A.; Hozikian, M.; Giandini, R.; Grigera, J.; Lliteras, A. B.; Martin, J.; Torres, D.; Zarate, P.

Pages: 35 –50

[With the aim of pushing innovation through information and communication technology in the agri-business field, working closely with farmers is essential. It is especially important to systematically capture their knowledge in order to analyze, propose and design innovation artifacts (in terms...
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Chapter 4Functional Value in Breeding Integrated to the Vegetables Value Chain as Part of Decision Making

Jana, C.; Saavedra, G.; Calabrese, N.; Martinez, J. P.; Vargas, S.; Muena, V.

Pages: 51 –65

[Actually, there is a great demand for healthy food containing added functional value, because people, have begun to change their diet with increments in the consumption of foods rich in antioxidants compounds, vitamins, minerals, and others. Vegetables are one of the most important sources of...
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Chapter 5Climate Change Mitigation Using Breeding as a Tool in the Vegetables Value Chain

Saavedra, G.; Elgueta, S.; Kehr, E.; Jana, C.

Pages: 67 –77

[Agriculture is a climate dependent activity, then both is affected by climate change and contributes to climate change. There is a vicious cycle that makes agriculture both a victim (because of negative effects of Global Warming on food supply) and a perpetrator (one of the main causes of...
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Chapter 6Pesticide Residues in Vegetable Products and Consumer’s Risk in the Agri-food Value Chain

Elgueta, S.; Correa, A.; Valenzuela, M.; Hernández, J. E.; Liu, S.; Lu, H.; Saavedra, G.; Kehr, E.

Pages: 79 –92

[The demand for food is increasing worldwide due to global population growth and the improvement of living standards. The use of pesticides in modern agriculture is necessary for most crops to guarantee the food supply. It has been estimated that the worldwide food production without the use of...
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Chapter 7The Recovery of the Old Limachino Tomato: History, Findings, Lessons, Challenges and Perspectives

Martinez, J. P.; Jana, C.; Muena, V.; Salazar, E.; Rico, J. J.; Calabrese, N.; Hernández, J. E.; Lutts, S.; Fuentes, R.

Pages: 93 –108

[In this chapter we present a brief summary of several aspects related to the recovery of the Old Limachino Tomato, a specie cultivated in the Limache Basin located in the Valparaíso Region, Chile. What is very interesting in relation to this specie is that it disappeared completely of the market...

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