Note: Preface -- Contents -- Contributors -- Part I -- Introduction -- Chapter-1 -- Cephalopod Biology -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Reproduction and Growth -- 1.2.1 Fecundity -- 1.2.2 Growth -- 1.3 Life Cycle -- 1.3.1 Embryos -- 1.3.2 Hatchlings -- 1.3.3 Juveniles and Subadults -- 1.3.4 Adult Life -- 1.3.4.1 Sexual Dimorphism -- 1.3.4.2 Egg Care -- 1.3.4.3 Post-Spawning Period and Senescence -- 1.4 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter-2 -- Behaviour -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Antipredator Behaviours -- 2.3 Foods and Feeding Behaviours -- 2.3.1 Cuttlefish (Order Sepiida) and Squid (Order Teuthida) -- 2.3.2 Octopuses -- 2.4 Nonsexual Social Interactions -- 2.5 Reproduction and Lifespan -- 2.5.1 Life History -- 2.5.2 Movement -- 2.5.3 Semelparity -- 2.5.4 Mating and Spawning -- 2.5.5 Egg-Care Behaviours -- 2.5.6 Hatching and Paralarvae -- 2.6 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter-3 -- Fisheries Production and Market Demand -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Why are Cephalopods not Fish but Good Fishery Resources? -- 3.3 What is the Status of Cephalopod Capture Fisheries in Different Parts of the World? -- 3.4 Small-Scale Fisheries -- 3.5 Stock Assessment and Fishery Management -- 3.6 Certification Schemes -- 3.7 Markets and Trade: To What Extent Could Aquaculture Contribute to Supply the Markets? -- 3.8 The Future -- 3.9 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter-4 -- Historical Review of Cephalopods Culture -- 4.1 Cephalopods as Model Species for Science-the Need for Aquaculture -- 4.2 1960s: The First Dedicated Studies -- 4.3 1970s: Cephalopod Biology Studies and Maintenance Gain Momentum -- 4.4 1980s: The First Studies on Mass Culture -- 4.5 1990-2000: The Optimization of Culture Protocols -- 4.6 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter-5 -- Nutrition as a Key Factor for Cephalopod Aquaculture -- 5.1  Introduction -- 5.2   Proteins -- 5.3   Lipids -- 5.4   Carotenoids. , 5.5   Carbohydrates -- 5.6   Minerals -- 5.7   Vitamins -- 5.8   Populational Metabolism Differences -- 5.9   Conclusions -- References -- Chapter-6 -- Welfare and Diseases Under Culture Conditions -- 6.1 Welfare in Cephalopods Under Captive Conditions -- 6.1.1 Legislation -- 6.1.2 "Pathology" in Cephalopods -- 6.1.2.1 "Cephalopods Immune System" -- 6.1.2.2 "Pathological Agents" -- 6.1.2.3 Healing, Antibiotics and Surgery -- 6.2 Welfare Under Research and Commercial Culture Conditions -- 6.3 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter-7 -- Aquaculture to Restocking -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Restocking in Japan -- 7.2.1 Background -- 7.2.2 Hatchery Seed Production and Seed Release -- 7.2.2.1 Octopus vulgaris -- 7.2.2.2 Sepioteuthis lessoniana -- 7.2.2.3 Heterololigo bleekeri -- 7.2.2.4 Sepia latimanus -- 7.2.2.5 Other Cephalopod Species -- 7.3 Restocking in Thailand -- 7.3.1 Background -- 7.3.2 Methods -- 7.3.2.1 Hatchery Seed Production -- 7.3.2.2 In situ Seed Production -- 7.4 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter-8 -- Applications, Uses and By-products from Cephalopods -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Uses and Applications -- 8.2.1 Marine Oil -- 8.2.2 Chitin and Chitosan -- 8.2.3 Collagen and Gelatine -- 8.2.4 Calcium and Hydroxyapatite -- 8.2.5 Functional Peptides -- 8.2.6 Peptones -- 8.2.7 Enzyme -- 8.2.8 Fish Sauce -- 8.2.9 Organic Fertilizer -- 8.2.10 Ink -- 8.3 Conclusion and Trend -- References -- Chapter-9 -- Farming Costs and Benefits, Marketing Details, Investment Risks: The Case of Octopus vulgaris in Spain -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Exploitation Process -- 9.2.1 Production Systems -- 9.2.2 Subadults Supply -- 9.2.3 Ongrowing Process -- 9.2.4 Feeding -- 9.3 Costs Analysis -- 9.3.1 Initial Investment -- 9.3.2 Evolution of Octopus Prices -- 9.3.3 Costs of the Ongrowing Process -- 9.4 Conclusions -- References -- Part II. , Main Cultured Cephalopods -- Chapter-10 -- Nautilus -- 10.1 Background -- 10.2 Reproductive Biology -- 10.3 Embryology -- 10.4 Husbandry -- 10.4.1 Source and Capture -- 10.4.2 Water -- 10.4.3 Housing -- 10.4.4 Feeding -- 10.5 Captive Reproduction -- 10.6 Disease and Anesthesia -- 10.7 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter-11 -- Sepia officinalis -- 11.1 Commercial Value and Capture Methods -- 11.2 State of the Art -- 11.3 Broodstock Rearing Conditions and Acclimatization to Captivity -- 11.3.1 Seawater Systems and Conditions -- 11.3.2 Sex Ratio and Stocking Densities -- 11.3.3 Food Supply -- 11.4 Spawning Process -- 11.4.1 Female Conditions -- 11.4.2 Egg Capture and Handling -- 11.5 Hatchlings Culture -- 11.5.1 Hatchlings Collection and Transfer -- 11.5.2 Culture Conditions -- 11.5.2.1 Seawater Systems -- 11.5.2.2 Physicochemical Conditions -- 11.5.2.3 Light -- 11.5.2.4 Diet -- 11.5.3 Growth and Survival -- 11.6 Ongrowing of Juveniles and Adults -- 11.6.1 Tank and Earthen Pond Conditions -- 11.6.2 Density -- 11.6.3 Food -- 11.6.4 Cleaning Techniques -- 11.6.5 Growth, Survival and Sampling -- 11.7 Trends in Research and Industrial Level -- 11.8 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter-12 -- Sepia pharaonis -- 12.1 Importance of this Species in the Market -- 12.2 State of the Art -- 12.3 Broodstock Maintenance -- 12.4 Incubation of Egg Masses -- 12.4.1 Egg Characteristics and Hatching -- 12.4.2 System Requirements and Management -- 12.5 Nursing of Young -- 12.5.1 Hatchling Characteristics -- 12.5.2 System Requirements and Management -- 12.5.3 Feeding -- 12.5.4 Growth -- 12.6 Ongrowing -- 12.6.1 System Requirements and Management -- 12.6.2 Feeding -- 12.6.3 Growth -- 12.7 Trends in Research and Industrial Level -- 12.8 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter-13 -- Sepiella inermis -- 13.1 Importance of this Species in the Market -- 13.2 State of the Art. , 13.3 Broodstock Maintenance -- 13.4 Incubation of Egg Masses -- 13.4.1 Egg Characteristics and Hatching -- 13.4.2 System Requirements and Management -- 13.5 Nursing of Young -- 13.5.1 Hatchling Characteristics -- 13.5.2 System Requirements and Management -- 13.5.3 Feeding -- 13.5.4 Growth -- 13.6 Ongrowing -- 13.6.1 System Requirements and Management -- 13.6.2 Growth -- 13.7 Trends in Research and Industrial Level -- 13.8 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter-14 -- Sepiella japonica -- 14.1 Importance of Sepiella japonica in the Market -- 14.2 Broodstock Acclimatization to Captivity -- 14.3 Spawning Process -- 14.3.1 Mating -- 14.3.2 Spawning -- 14.3.3 Nursing of Eggs -- 14.4 Hatchling and Juvenile Nursing -- 14.4.1 Feed -- 14.4.2 Water Quality, Illumination, Aeration and Nursing Density -- 14.5 Ongrowing -- 14.5.1 Indoor Ongrowing -- 14.5.2 Cage Culture -- 14.5.2.1 Selection of the Farm Location, Cage Size and Layout -- 14.5.2.2 Juvenile Size and Density -- 14.5.2.3 Feeding -- 14.5.2.4 Daily Management -- 14.6 Harvest -- 14.7 Trends in Research and Industrial Level -- 14.8 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter-15 -- Euprymna hyllebergi and Euprymna tasmanica -- 15.1 Importance of the Species -- 15.2 State of the Art -- 15.3 Broodstocks Maintenance -- 15.4 Nursing of Eggs -- 15.4.1 Egg Characteristics -- 15.4.2 System Requirements and Management -- 15.5 Nursing of Young -- 15.5.1 Hatchling Characteristics -- 15.5.2 System Requirements and Management -- 15.5.3 Feeding -- 15.5.4 Euprymna hyllebergi Growth -- 15.6 Ongrowing -- 15.6.1 System Requirements and Management -- 15.6.2 Euprymna hyllebergi Growth -- 15.6.3 Euprymna tasmanica Growth -- 15.7 Trends in Research and Industry -- 15.8 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter-16 -- Loligo vulgaris and Doryteuthis opalescens -- 16.1 Importance of these Species in the Market -- 16.2 State of the Art. , 16.3 Broodstock Acclimatization to Captivity -- 16.3.1 Food Supply -- 16.3.2 Sex Ratio -- 16.3.3 Physical and Chemical Parameters -- 16.4 Spawning Process -- 16.5 Embryonic Development -- 16.5.1 Egg Collection and Transportation -- 16.5.2 Incubation Conditions and Influence of Environmental Factors during Embryogenesis -- 16.6 Paralarval Rearing -- 16.6.1 Tank Design and Circulation Patterns -- 16.6.2 Water Quality -- 16.6.2.1 Particulate Organic Matter -- 16.6.2.2 Nitrogenous Wastes -- 16.6.2.3 Dissolved Gases -- 16.6.2.4 pH -- 16.6.2.5 Disinfection and Pathogens -- 16.6.2.6 Temperature -- 16.6.3 Food and Feeding -- 16.6.4 Survival -- 16.6.5 Growth -- 16.6.6 Social Behaviour -- 16.7 Ongrowing -- 16.7.1 Tank and Sea Cage Conditions -- 16.7.2 Density -- 16.7.3 Food -- 16.7.4 Cleaning Techniques -- 16.7.5 Growth, Survival, Spawning and Sampling -- 16.8 Trends in Research and Industrial Level -- 16.9 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter-17 -- Sepioteuthis lessoniana -- 17.1 Importance of this Species in the Market -- 17.2 State of the Art -- 17.3 Culture Methodology -- 17.3.1 Open Seawater System in Tropical Countries -- 17.3.1.1 Background -- 17.3.1.2 Broodstock Maintenance -- 17.3.1.3 Nursing of Egg Capsules -- 17.3.1.4 Nursing of Young -- 17.3.1.5 Ongrowing -- 17.3.2 Open and Closed Seawater System in Temperate Countries -- 17.3.2.1 Broodstock Maintenance -- 17.3.2.2 Nursing of Egg Capsules -- 17.3.2.3 Nursing of Young -- 17.3.2.4 Ongrowing -- 17.4 Trends in Research and Industrial Level -- 17.5 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter-18 -- Amphioctopus aegina -- 18.1 Importance of this Species in the Market -- 18.2 State of the Art -- 18.3 Broodstock Maintenance and Spawning -- 18.4 Nursing of Eggs and Brooding Females -- 18.5 Nursing of the Young -- 18.5.1 Feed and Tank Management -- 18.5.2 Growth -- 18.6 Ongrowing. , 18.6.1 Feed, System Requirements and Management.

Note: Intro -- Preface -- Organization -- General Chairs -- Program Co-chairs -- Organizing Committee -- Program Committee -- Additional Reviewers -- Sponsors -- Contents -- Inference System for Irrigation Scheduling with an Intelligent Agent -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Data Acquisition -- 1.2 Interpretation -- 1.3 Control and Evaluation -- 1.4 Intelligent Agent -- 2 Materials and Methods -- 2.1 Monitoring Station -- 2.2 Irrigation Station -- 2.3 Central Station and Inference System -- 3 Results and Discussion -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- Decision Support System for Precision Irrigation Using Interactive Maps and Multi-agent Concepts -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Materials and Methods -- 2.1 Predictive Applications -- 2.2 Automatic Irrigation Systems -- 2.3 Multi-agent Model -- 2.4 Sensoring and Monitoring -- 2.5 Model Integration -- 3 Results and Discussion -- 3.1 Vector Layers in QGIS -- 3.2 Data Acquisition Modules -- 3.3 Integration System for Visualization in QGIS -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- IoT Architecture Based on Wireless Sensor Network Applied to Agricultural Monitoring: A Case of Study of Cacao Crops in Ecuador -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Related Work -- 3 Development Methodology -- 3.1 Sensor Layer -- 3.2 Service Layer -- 3.3 Application Layer -- 4 Results -- 5 Discussion and Conclusions -- References -- Silkworm Growth Monitoring in Second Stage -Instar- Using Artificial Vision Techniques -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Related Works -- 3 The Dominion -- 3.1 Sericulture in the Department of Cauca -- 3.2 Life Cycle of the Silkworm -- 4 Proposed Approach -- 4.1 Image Transformation -- 4.2 Feature Generation -- 4.3 Classification of Worms and Background -- 4.4 Background Removal -- 5 Experimental Configuration and Results -- 5.1 Data Set -- 5.2 Learning Algorithms -- 5.3 Model Selection -- 5.4 Results -- 6 Conclusions -- 7 Future Work. , Acknowledgment -- References -- Affectations in Soil Fertility in the Direct Influence Area Downstream of the Grande River: Chone Multiple Purpose Dam in Ecuador -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 The Soil and Its Fertility -- 1.2 Effects on Soils by the Construction of Dams -- 1.3 Soil Degradation, Infertility and Toxicity -- 1.4 Land Use and Economy of Chone -- 1.5 Ion Deficiency for the Cultivation of Cacao -- 1.6 Ion Deficiency for the Cultivation of Corn -- 2 Material and Methods -- 2.1 Materials -- 2.2 Sampling and Soil Analysis -- 2.3 Statistical Analysis -- 3 Analysis of Results -- 3.1 Linear Regression -- 3.2 Statistical Analysis -- 3.3 Comparison of Measured and Required Nutrients for the Soil -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- Methodology for Microgrid/Smart Farm Systems: Case of Study Applied to Indigenous Mapuche Communities -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Background -- 2.1 Participatory Model for Technological Innovation -- 2.2 Microgrids -- 2.3 Smart Farm System -- 3 Design of a Participatory-Model/Microgrid/Smart Farm System -- 3.1 Integrated System -- 3.2 Participatory Model for Technological Innovation -- 4 Case Study -- 4.1 Technical-Social Criteria for Selecting a Mapuche Community -- 4.2 Participatory Diagnosis -- 4.3 Design of Microgrid/Smart Farm System -- 5 Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Dynamics of the Indices NDVI and GNDVI in a Rice Growing in Its Reproduction Phase from Multi-spectral Aerial Images Taken by Drones -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Methodology -- 2.1 Definition of the Growing and Study Zone -- 2.2 Design of the Flight Path -- 2.3 Execution of the Flight and Acquisition of Spatial Data -- 2.4 Calibration of the NGB Images -- 2.5 Geoprocessing of Images from the Near Infrared (NGB) -- 3 Results and Discussions -- 3.1 NDVI Classification -- 3.2 Dynamic Analysis NDVI-GNDVI. , 4 Conclusions -- References -- Wireless Sensor Network for Monitoring Climatic Variables and Greenhouse Gases in a Sugarcane Crop -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Materials and Methods -- 2.1 Scope and Data of the Studied Area -- 2.2 Architecture of the WSN -- 2.3 Methodology -- 2.4 System Design Parameters -- 3 Results and Discussion -- 3.1 Results -- 3.2 Discussion -- 4 Conclusions and Future Work -- References -- A Proposed Unmanned and Secured Nursery System for Photoperiodic Plants with Automatic Irrigation Facility -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Literature Review -- 3 Conceptual Design of the System -- 3.1 Automated Control for Photo-Periodic Plants -- 3.2 Automated Irrigation -- 3.3 Password Protected Security System -- 3.4 Control Through Mobile Application -- 4 Experimental Setup and Result -- 5 Discussion and Conclusion -- References -- Design and Development of an Intelligent Seed Germination System Based on IoT -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Related Works -- 3 Design and Development of the System -- 3.1 Features of the System -- 3.2 Implementation of the System -- 4 Evaluating the System -- 5 Discussion and Conclusions -- A Appendix -- References -- A Modeling Infrastructure Based on SWAT for the Assessment of Water and Soil Resources -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Earth Observation System -- 2.1 The EOP Technological Layer -- 2.2 The SWAT Model -- 2.3 Nutrient Cycles and the Crop Growth Module -- 3 The Sardinian Case Study -- 4 Conclusions and Future Work -- Acknowledgment -- References -- Electronic Crop (e-Crop): An Intelligent IoT Solution for Optimum Crop Production -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 SPOTCOMS Model -- 2 e-Crop -- 2.1 Sensors of the Device -- 2.2 Working of the Device -- 2.3 Web Interface to Configure and Manage the Device -- 3 Discussion -- 3.1 Field Testing of e-Crop -- 3.2 Problems Solved by e-Crop. , 3.3 Advantages Over the Known Alternatives -- 3.4 Applications of the Device -- 3.5 How e-Crop Solutions Stands Out from Its Similar Counterparts -- References -- A Method to Improve the Performance of Raster Selection Based on a User-Defined Condition: An Example of Application for Agri-environmental Data -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Raster Data Process -- 3 Raster Data Process -- 4 Experiment Description -- 5 Results -- 5.1 The Impact of the Threshold on the Performance -- 5.2 The Impact of the Interleave Size on the Performance -- 6 Conclusion and Discussion -- Acknowledgement -- References -- Coffee Crops Variables Monitoring: A Case of Study in Ecuadorian Andes -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Coffee Crops Monitoring -- 2.1 Santa Isabel Plantations -- 2.2 Technical Features -- 3 Results -- 3.1 Graphic User Interface -- 3.2 Results of Monitored Parameters -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- Metamorphosis and Dynamics of Inorganic Species in the Waters of the Chone Multiple Purpose Dam, Ecuador -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Chemical Species Variation on Superficial Waters -- 1.2 Influence of Climate Change on Water Chemistry -- 1.3 Influence of Dams on Water Chemistry -- 1.4 Tools for Water Chemical Variation Analysis -- 1.5 Chemical Processes on the Water of Chone Multiple Purpose Dam -- 2 Materials and Methods -- 2.1 Materials -- 2.2 Methods -- 3 Results and Discussion -- 3.1 Physical-Chemical Analysis -- 3.2 Climatic Data of the PPMCH Area and Its Relationship with Climate Change -- 3.3 Concentration Dynamics of Inorganic Species in the PPMCH -- 3.4 Water Metamorphosis of the PPMCH in an Evaporation Process due to Temperature Increase and Climate Change -- 3.5 Gibbs Diagrams: Change of Water Typology Over Time -- 3.6 Piper's Diagrams: Change in Water Typology Over Time -- 4 Conclusions -- References. , Evaluation of Threats to Agriculture in the Totaré River Basin Due to Changes in Rainfall Patterns Under Climate Change Scenarios -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Case Study -- 3 Methods -- 4 Results -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- IoT Network Applied to Agriculture: Monitoring Stations for Irrigation Management in Soils Cultivated with Sugarcane -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Materials and Methods -- 2.1 Components of the Matric Potential of the Soil Monitoring System -- 2.1.1 Matric Potential Sensor -- 2.1.2 Cenilogger -- 2.2 IoT Network Applied to the Sugarcane Crops Using Cenilogger to Monitor the Matric Potential of the Soil -- 3 Results -- 3.1 Implementation of the Pilot Network for Monitoring the Matric Potential of the Soil -- 3.1.1 Operation and Performance of Monitoring Stations -- 3.2 Programming the Risks in the Cane Crops from the Information of Matric Potential of the Soil Obtained in the Monitoring Stations -- 4 Conclusions and Recommendations -- Bibliography -- Author Index.

Note: Intro -- Preface -- Organization -- General Chairs -- Program Co-chairs -- Organizing Committee -- Program Committee -- Additional Reviewers -- Sponsors -- Contents -- Knowledge Inference from a Small Water Quality Dataset with Multivariate Statistics and Data-Mining -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Background -- 2.1 Data Source and Study Area -- 3 Methods -- 4 Experimental Setup and Results -- 4.1 Assessment of the Water Quality Profile with Principal Components and Factor Analysis -- 4.2 Assessment of the Water Quality Profile with Cluster Analysis and Decision Tree -- 5 Conclusions and Future Work -- Acknowledgement -- References -- A Multiscale Based Rainfall Amount Prediction Using Multiple Classifier System -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Related Work -- 3 Materials and Methods -- 3.1 Predictors -- 3.2 Data Collection -- 3.3 Data Pre-processing -- 4 Results -- 5 Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Characterization in the Visible and Infrared Spectrum of Agricultural Crops from a Multirotor Air Ve ... -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Background -- 3 Technology and Method -- 4 Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Cover Missions Planning for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Coverage Path Planning (CPP) -- 2.1 Wavefront Expansion -- 2.2 Spanning Tree Coverage -- 2.3 Path Transform: Sunshine -- 3 Testing Coverage Path -- 3.1 Obtained Results -- 4 Conclusions -- Acknowledgement -- References -- Impact of Climate Change on Soil Organic Carbon Content on Agricultural Soils of Mexico -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Methodology -- 2.1 Database of Precipitation, Temperature and Monthly Potential Evapotranspiration for the Climate Influence Areas of the Country for the Base and the Climate Change Scenarios. , 2.2 Estimation of the Mineralization Dynamics of Soil Organic Matter in the Agricultural Land of Mexico Considering the Climate Change Scenarios -- 2.2.1 The Carbon Accounting Model of the IPCC (2006), Is Represented in the Following Formula -- 2.2.2 FAO Model of Soil Organic Matter Decline in the Land Degradation Process (Ortiz et al. 1994) -- 3 Results -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- Fertilization Strategies in Sugar Cane Crops in the Cauca Valley: A Review -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Research Methodology -- 2.1 Research Questions -- 3 Conclusions -- References -- Coffee Rust Detection Based on a Graph Similarity Approach -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Graph Based Representation -- 3 Graph Based Representation -- 3.1 A* Algorithm -- 3.2 Beam Algorithm -- 3.3 Hungarian Algorithm -- 3.4 Volgenant-Jonker Algorithm -- 3.5 Proposed Adaptation to the Selected Algorithm -- 4 Results -- 5 Conclusions and Future Works -- Acknowledgments -- References -- A Guideline for Building Large Coffee Rust Samples Applying Machine Learning Methods -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Background -- 2.1 Coffee Rust -- 2.2 Supervised Learning Techniques -- 3 Supervised Learning Techniques in Coffee Rust Detection -- 3.1 Supervised Learning for Coffee Rust Detection in Colombian Crops -- 3.2 Supervised Learning for Coffee Rust Detection in Brazilian Crops -- 3.3 Discussion -- 4 Synthetic Data Generation -- 5 A Guideline for Building Large Coffee Rust Samples -- 5.1 Oversampling -- 5.2 Classification -- 5.3 Interpolation -- 5.4 Regression -- 6 Conclusions -- 7 Acknowledgments -- References -- Towards an Alert System for Coffee Diseases and Pests in a Smart Farming Approach Based on Semi-supe ... -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 State of the Art -- 2.1 General Context -- 2.1.1 Big Data Analytics -- 2.1.2 Graphs -- 2.1.3 Graph Similarity -- 2.2 Related Work. , 2.2.1 Automatic Disease Detection in Coffee Crops -- 2.2.2 Smart Farming and Big Data -- 2.2.3 Graph Similarity -- 3 Discussion -- 4 Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Deploying Timely Alerts Through Converged Services: An Application for Colombian Agriculture -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 System Design -- 2.1 System Requirements -- 2.2 System Agents -- 2.3 Relationship Diagram -- 3 Experimental Prototype -- 3.1 Deployment Model -- 3.2 Services Components -- 3.3 Implementation Environment -- 3.4 Experimental Design -- 4 Results and Discussion -- 5 Conclusions and Future Works -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Improving Early Warning Systems for Agriculture Based on Web Service Adaptation -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Motivation -- 3 State of the Art -- 4 ESB - CEP Integration for Web Services Adaptation -- 5 Case Study: Coffee Rust Detection in Colombian Crops -- 5.1 Application Domain -- 5.2 Case 1: Coffee Crop Location -- 5.3 Case 2: Coffee Flowering Date -- 6 AgroCloud: WSA -- 6.1 Technology -- 6.2 Implementation of the Proposed Solution -- 7 Results -- 7.1 Use of Computational Resources and Response Time -- 7.2 Decision Effectiveness -- 8 Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Crop Monitoring in High Andean Ecosystems of the Upper Basin of the Palacé River Using Planet Images -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Related Work -- 3 Materials and Methods -- 4 Results -- 5 Conclusions and Future Work -- Acknowledgments -- References -- WSN Prototype for African Oil Palm Bud Rot Monitoring -- 1 Introduction -- 2 System Design -- 2.1 Edafoclimatic Requirements of African Palm -- 2.2 Bud Rot -- 2.3 Hardware Design -- 2.4 Software Design -- 2.5 Performed Tests -- 3 Results -- 3.1 A Single Transmitting Node -- 3.2 Two Nodes Transmitting -- 3.3 Tests Made with Soil of a Crop Without Presence of Bud Rot -- 4 Conclusions. , References -- A Cloud-Based Platform for Decision Making Support in Colombian Agriculture: A Study Case in Coffee Rust -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Background -- 2.1 Study Case -- 2.2 Decision Support Systems -- 2.3 Related Works -- 3 AgroCloud Architecture -- 3.1 Conceptual Diagram -- 3.2 Deployment -- 4 Results -- 4.1 Type of Test -- 4.2 UAT Users -- 4.3 Business Requirements -- 4.4 Test Cases -- 5 Conclusions and Future Works -- References -- Potential Yields of Maize and Barley with Climate Change Scenarios and Adaptive Actions in Two Sites ... -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Methodology -- 2.1 Crops and Biophysical Information -- 2.2 Calibration and Validation of the Baseline Scenario -- 2.3 Performance with Climate Change Scenarios and Adaptation Actions -- 2.4 Adaptation Actions -- 3 Results -- 3.1 Maize at Chapingo, Estado de México -- 3.2 Barley in Perote, Veracruz -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- Multitemporal Land Cover Change Analysis in the Upper Cauca Basin in Colombia -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Related Work -- 3 Materials and Methods -- 3.1 Techniques -- 3.2 Data -- 4 Results -- 5 Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- A Smart Farming Approach in Automatic Detection of Favorable Conditions for Planting and Crop Produc ... -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Related Works -- 2.1 Data Fusion for Sowing and Agricultural Production -- 2.2 Machine Learning for Sowing and Agricultural Production -- 2.3 Big Data Analytics for Sowing and Agricultural Production -- 3 Study Area -- 4 Automatic Detection of Favorable Conditions for Planting and Crop Production -- 4.1 Big Data Analytics -- 4.2 Data Fusion -- 4.3 Detection Mechanism -- 4.4 Decision Makers GUI -- 4.5 Support Components -- 5 Conclusions and Future Work -- Acknowledgements -- References -- An Online Learning Method for Embedded Decision Support in Agriculture Irrigation. , Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Literature Review and Related Work -- 3 Problem Statement -- 4 Methodology -- 5 An Algorithm to Decision Support Based on Gradient Descent -- 6 Results -- 6.1 Approximation Functions -- 6.2 Simulation Results -- 7 Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Interinstitutional Relational Capital of Support for Climate Change and Food Security, an Analysis from the Social Networks in Cauca, Colombia -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Literature Review -- 2.1 Relational Capital as a Key Element of Intellectual Capital in Organizations -- 3 Methodology -- 4 Findings -- 4.1 Relational Capital Strengthening -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- Author Index.