Innovative Approaches and Applications for Sustainable Rural Development: 8th International Conference, HAICTA 2017, Chania, Crete, Greece, September 21-24, 2017, Selected Papers

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 A New Development Paradigm for Local Animal Breeds and the Role of Information and Communication Technologies  (Athanasios Ragkos, Georgia Koutouzidou, Stavriani Koutsou, Dimitrios Roustemis)....Pages 3-21
 Restructuring the Greek Forest Sector in Order to Facilitate Rural Development in Greece  (Panagiotis Koulelis)....Pages 23-35
 Best Practices for Frugal and Sustainable Innovation  (Stavros Valsamidis)....Pages 37-57
 Group Evaluation of Water Management Plans with Analytic Hierarchy Process and Social Choice Methods  (Bojan Srdjevic, Zorica Srdjevic, Yvonilde Dantas Pinto Medeiros)....Pages 59-84
 Agroforestry Systems and Innovation in Extra-Virgin Olive Oil Chain (EVOO) in Central Italy: A Multi-stakeholder Perspective  (Andrea Pisanelli, Claudia Consalvo, Giuseppe Russo, Marco Ciolfi, Endro Martini, Marco Lauteri et al.)....Pages 85-99
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 Epidemiological Investigation of Pseudorabies in Greece  (Konstantinos Papageorgiou, Evanthia Petridou, Georgios Filioussis, Alexandros Theodoridis, Ioannis Grivas, Odysseas Moschidis et al.)....Pages 103-117
 Using the Multi-stakeholder Approach to Match Potential Innovations with Challenges Experienced by European Sheep and Goat Farms  (Ian Rose, Daniel Martin-Collado, Stefano Orsini, Rafaelle Zanoli, David Yañez-Ruiz, Konstantinos Zaralis et al.)....Pages 119-130
 Effects of High Stocking Grazing Density of Diverse Swards on Forage Production, Animal Performance and Soil Organic Matter: A Case Study  (Konstantinos Zaralis, Susanne Padel)....Pages 131-146
 Cloud Computing for IoT Applications in Climate-Smart Agriculture: A Review on the Trends and Challenges Toward Sustainability  (Eleni G. Symeonaki, Konstantinos G. Arvanitis, Dimitrios D. Piromalis)....Pages 147-167
 User-Technological Index of Precision Agriculture: Data Collection and Visualization  (Jan Masner, Jan Jarolímek, Michal Stočes, Pavel Šimek, Jiří Vaněk, Vladimír Očenášek)....Pages 169-184
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 Supplier Selection and Evaluation Using Multicriteria Decision Analysis  (Stratos Kartsonakis, Evangelos Grigoroudis, Michalis Neofytou)....Pages 187-204
 Competitive Advantage Establishment Through Sustainable Environmental Management and Green Entrepreneurship: A Proposed Differential Equations Framework  (Michalis Skordoulis, Miltiadis Chalikias, Spyros Galatsidas, Garyfallos Arabatzis)....Pages 205-219
 Food System and Sustainability: The Role of Crowd-Funding  (Rosa Misso, Monica Varlese, Gian Paolo Cesaretti)....Pages 221-233
 Evaluation of Innovative Tools for the Trade Enhancement of Fresh Agrifood Products  (Luisa Sturiale, Alessandro Scuderi)....Pages 235-255
 Evaluation of Farmer’s e-Shops with an Emphasis on Services  (Vladimír Očenášek, Jiří Vaněk, Pavel Šimek, Michal Stočes, Jan Jarolímek, Jan Masner)....Pages 257-270
 ICT Tools by Farmers of Lucania Region in Italy  (Gianluigi De Pascale, Piermichele La Sala, Nicola Faccilongo, Claudio Zaza)....Pages 271-285
 Unlocking the Potential of the Internet of Things to Improve Resource Efficiency in Food Supply Chains  (Sandeep Jagtap, Shahin Rahimifard)....Pages 287-301
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 Molecular Detection of Resistance to Biotic Stress Conditions in Spring Bread Wheat Cultivars  (Anatolii Karelov, Natalia Kozub, Igor Sozinov, Oksana Sozinova, Athanasios G. Mavromatis, Ioannis N. Xynias)....Pages 305-324
 Proposed OLEA Management System with Farming Monitoring Processes for Virgin Olive Oil Production Traceability and Assessment  (Dimitra Papaefthimiou, Sotirios Kontogiannis, Angelos Chatzimparmpas, George Kokkonis, Stavros Valsamidis)....Pages 325-353
 Fuzzy Control Simulation of a Smart Irrigation System  (Aliki D. Muradova, Georgios K. Tairidis, Georgios E. Stavroulakis)....Pages 355-370
 Processing of Digested Pulp from Agricultural Biogas Plant  (Wojciech Czekała)....Pages 371-385
Back Matter ....Pages 387-400