HAICTA 2017
Information and Communication Technologies in Agriculture, Food and Environment

Table of Contents

Doctoral Consortium

• Epidemiological Investigation of Pseudorabies in Greece 1-7
  Konstantinos Papageorgiou, Evanthia Petridou, George Filioussis, Alexandros Theodoridis, Ioannis Grivas, Odysseas Moshidis, Spiros Kritas
• Utilization of Internet of Things to Improve Resource Efficiency of Food Supply Chains 8-19
  Sandeep Jagtap, Shahin Rahimifard
• First Report of Toxoplasma gondii in the Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola): Preliminary Results 20-27
  Konstantinos Moustakidis, Vangelis Economou, Chrysostomos Dovas, Isaia Symeonidou, Elias Papadopoulos, Margarita Papazahariadou
• Cyanobacterial Harmful Algal Bloom in the Delta of Axios River in the Northern Greece: Impacts and Monitoring 28-33
  Maria Kalaitzidou, George Filiousis, Evanthia Petridou, Vangelis Economou, Alexandros Theodoridis, Panagiotis Angelidis
• Collective Awareness Platforms for Sustainable Agricultural Production 34-38
  Thomas Kappas, Thomas Bournaris, Evangelia Oikonomou, Christina Moulogianni
• Precision Poultry Farming: Monitor and Collaborate on Health and Welfare of Laying Hens through Online Zootechnical Diary 39-45
  Magdalena Stefanova

Session 1: E-networking, Collective Actions and E-governance in Rural Areas

• The Contribution of Smart Cross-Border e-Gov Systems to Life Sciences and their Applications 46-53
  Sideridis Alexander, Protopappas Loucas, Pimenidis Elias
• Agroforestry Usage, Building Knowledge Databank for Agroforestry Training and Education 54-65
  László Várallyai, Miklós Herdon, Charles Burriel, Szilvia Botos
• Review on the Trends and Challenges of Cloud Computing Technology in Climate - Smart Agriculture 66-78
  Eleni Symeonaki, Konstantinos Arvanitis, Dimitrios Piromalis
• The Marketplaces and the Integration Between Physic and Virtual in the Business Models of Fresh Produce and Vegetables e-Commerce 79-90
  Luisa Sturiale, Alessandro Scuderi

Session 2: Database Systems & Data Mining

• OLEA Framework for non Refined Olive Oil Traceability and Quality Assurance 91-103
  Stavros Valsamidis, Dimitra Papaefthimiou, Antonios Ventouris, Irene-Maria Tabakis, Ioannis Kazanidis, Sotirios Kontogiannis
• Determinants of ICT Innovation and Imitation in the Agrifood Sector 104-115
  Nikolaos Petridis, Georgios Digkas, Leonidas Anastasakis
• SOFTROL Advisory System for Agri-Energy Complexes 116-127
  Paweł Pietkiewicz, Krzysztof Nalepa, Wojciech Miąskowski, Maciej Neugebauer, Piotr Sołowiej
• Machine Learning Based Computational Analysis Method for Cattle Lameness Prediction 128-139
  Konstantinos Liakos, Serafeim Moustakidis, Georgia Tsiotra, Thomas Bartzanas, Dionysis Bochtis, Constantinos Parisses
• Food Sustainability and Crowd-funding: the Role of Internet 140-149
  Rosa Misso, Gian Paolo Cesaretti

Session 3: Precision Farming Systems and Variable Rate Technologies

• An Empirical Model to Estimate Nutrients Concentration in Controlled Release Fertilizers Aqueous Solutions 150-159
  Maria Zografou, Christos Lykas
• LEOpatra: A Mobile Application for Smart Fertilization Based on Linked Data 160-171
  Stefan Burgstaller, Wolfgang Angermair, Silke Migdall, Heike Bach, Ioannis Vlachopoulos, Dimitrianos Savva, Panayiotis Smeros, George Stamoulis, Konstantina Bereta, Manolis Koubarakis
• Predicting Operational and Environmental Efficiency of Primary Sectors of EU Countries, by Implementing Artificial Neural Networks 172-179
  George Vlontzos
• Scheduling and Control of Unmanned Ground Vehicles for Precision Farming: A Real-time Navigation Tool 180-187
  Dimitrios Bechtsis, Vasileios Moisiadis, Naoum Tsolakis, Dimitrios Vlachos, Dionysis Bochtis

Session 4: Innovative Uses of Agricultural By-products and Waste Management

• Processing Digestate from Agricultural Biogas Plant to Obtain Financial and Environmental Benefits 188-195
  Wojciech Czekała
• Relevant Biogas Substrate – Maize Silage vs Slaughterhouse Waste 196-204
  Anna Smurzyńska, Jacek Dach, Kamil Kozłowski, Jakub Mazurkiewicz, Ewa Woźniak, Boniecki Piotr, Karol Kupryaniuk, Damian Janczak, Michał Brzoski
• Business Strategies and Competitive Advantage through Green Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Environmental Management 205-213
  Michalis Skordoulis, Spyros Galatsidas, Garyfallos Arabatzis

Short Papers

• Estimation and Analysis of Fish Catches by Category Based on Multidimensional Time Series Database on Sea Fishery in Greece 214-219
  Georgios Tegos, Kolyo Onkov, Diana Stoyanova
• Lab-on-a-chip Device for Soil Nutrient Measurements 220-223
  Georgios Kokkinis, Guenther Kriechhammer, Daniel Scheidl, Martin Smolka
• Evaluation of Farmer's E-shops 224-231
  Jan Masner, Vladimír Očenášek, Jiri Vanek, Edita Šilerová, Jan Pavlík
• Precision Modelling of Distributed Greenhouse Climate 232-236
  Thomas Bartzanas, Dimitirs Fidaros, Catherine Baxevanou
• Automated Monitoring of Olive Orchards 237-242
  Ilyas Potamitis, Iraklis Rigakis
• Improvement of Agricultural Productivity with the Use of Advanced ICT Tools 243-249
  Dionysis Bochtis, Charisios Achillas, Dimitris Aidonis, Stelios Tamvakidis, Giorgos Vasileiadis
• Technical and Economic Analysis for the Bioenergy Production from Agricultural Residues in the Region of Central Macedonia 250-254
  Christina Moulogianni, Thomas Bournaris, Georgios Banias
• Supplier Selection and Evaluation Using Multicriteria Decision Analysis 255-260
  Efstratios Kartsonakis, Evangelos Grigoroudis, Michalis Neofytou
• ICT Solution of Soil and Landscape Suffers from Uncontrolled Urban Sprawl in the Central Bohemia 261-267
  Iveta Merunková, Vojtěch Merunka
• A Statistical Investigation of Earthquakes in Greece and the Effect of the Lunar Triggering 268-271
  Stavros Fatouros, Evangellia Kossieri, Miltiadis Chalikias, Perikles Papadopoulos
• Forecasting of Global New Investment in Renewable Energy 272-278
  Oleksandr Chernyak, Yevgen Chernyak, Yana Fareniuk
• Environmental Assessment of Precision Farming Techniques in a Pear Orchard 279-283
  Anna Vatsanidou, George Nanos, Spyros Fountas, Theofanis Gemtos

Session 5: Information Systems

• Design and Implementation of a Monitoring and Control Software Tool to Assess Process and Production Data in an Olive Oil Production Unit 284-292
  Eleni Kalogianni, Pavlos Salvaras, Dimitrios Bechtsis, Fotis Stergiopoulos
• Neural Identification of Chosen Apple Pests Using Algorithm LVQ 293-303
  Piotr Boniecki, Hanna Piekarska-Boniecka, Duong Tran Dinh, Maciej Zaborowicz, Jacek Dach, Anna Smurzyńska, Krzysztof Koszela
• An Inference Strategy for Knowledge Units 304-314
  Michal Peták, Milan Houška
• Adopting ICT Tools by Farm in Lucania Region 315-327
  Gianluigi De Pascale, Piermichele La Sala, Nicola Faccilongo, Claudio Zaza

Session 6: Innovation in Short Value Chains in Rural Areas

• Towards a Global Record of Stocks and Fisheries 328-340
  Yannis Tzitzikas, Yannis Marketakis, Nikos Minadakis, Michalis Mountantonakis, Leonardo Candela, Francesco Mangiacrapa, Pasquale Pagano, Costantino Perciante, Donatella Castelli, Marc Taconet, Aureliano Gentile, Giulia Gorelli
• The Role of Emotional Intelligence as an Underlying Factor Towards Social Acceptance of Green Investments 341-351
  Stamatios Ntanos, Garyfallos Arabatzis, Miltiadis Chalikias
• Avenues for Livestock Development in Remote Areas: the Case of the Evros Prefecture 352-362
  Georgios Tsantopoulos, Christos Karelakis, Spyridon Mamalis, Konstantina Armenou
• Agent Based Software Tool for Efficient Agricultural Logistics 363-371
  Dimitrios Katikaridis, Dimitrios Bechtsis, Konstantinos Liakos, Dimitrios Vlachos, Dionysis Bochtis

Posters

• Multifunctional Agriculture and ICT: Incompatibility or a Recipe for Territorial Development? 372-376
  Athanasios Ragkos, Alexandros Theodoridis, Athanasios Batzios, Vagis Samathrakis, Christos Batzios, Athansios Vazakidis
• Evaluation of Sensors’ Precision in a Low Cost e-Health Monitoring System 377-382
  Nikos Petrellis, Michael Birbas, Fotios Gioulekas
• User-Technological Index of Precision Agriculture: Methods of Collecting data 383-389
  Jan Jarolímek, Jiri Vanek, Jan Masner, Pavel Simek, Edita Silerova
• Flame Weeding in Corn, Soybean and Sunflower 390-394
  Stevan Knezevic
• Conception and Fabrication of the Wind Tunnel Control System 395-400
  Krzysztof Nalepa, Michał Śmieja, Paweł Pietkiewicz, Wojciech Miąskowski, Maciej Neugebauer
• A Fuzzy Model for Controlling an on-Grid LED Lamp with a Battery Bank, Powered by Renewable Energy 401-407
  Maciej Neugebauer, Krzysztof Nalepa, Paweł Pietkiewicz, Wojciech Miąskowski, Piotr Sołowiej
• A Proposed Risk Management Framework for Business Continuity in Agriculture 408-414
  Athanasios Podaras, Dana Nejedlová
• Rural Renaissance – Fostering Innovation and Business Opportunities in the Quarry Sector of Paggaio Municipality 415-421
  Thomas Panagopoulos, Paraskevi Karanikola, Stilianos Tampakis, Nikoleta Gounari, Antonios Tampakis
• Contamination of Winter Wheat with Fusarium Mycotoxin Depending on Environment Conditions and Cultivar 422-427
  Grazyna Podolska, Edyta Boguszewska
• Energy Audit of Broiler Production Upon Different Production Seasons in Northern Iran 428-437
  Saeed Firouzi
• Farm Management Information System: Case Study 438-446
  Nebojsa Novkovic, Christoph Husemann, Tihomir Zoranovic, Beba Mutavdzic
• Business Plan: The Establishement of a Rabbit Farm and the Marketing of Innovative Rabbit Meat Products and Sausages 447-454
  Maria Spilioti, Evangelos Zoidis, George Papadomichelakis, Kostas Tsiboukas
• Identification of Free Amino Acids in Brewer’s Yeast after Heavy Metals Biosorption 455-461
  Andreea Stănilă, Zorita Diaconeasa, Floricuta Ranga, Florinela Fetea
• Residents’ Information About Renewable Forms of Energy in the Island of Cyprus 462-468
  Paraskevi Karanikola, Stilianos Tampaki, Filippos Florou, Zoe Tampakis
• Utilization of RIMpro Cloud Services for Managing of Apple Scab in Kosovo 469-476
  Edmond Rexhepi, Harallamb Paçe, Hekuran Vrapi, Arbenita Hasani Rexhepi
• Investigation of Polymorphisms in MC4R and GPX5 Genes in Greek Pigs 477-481
  Maria Anastasiadou, Alexandros Theodoridis, Georgios Michailidis
• Applying a Travel Cost Method to Evaluate the Thermal Tourism in Greece: Case Study of Loutraki Arideas Springs 482-488
  Georgios Apostolidis
• Molecular Detection of the Resistance to Biotic Stress Conditions in Hellenic Bread Wheat Commercial Cultivars 489-495
  Natalia Kozub, Anatolii Karelov, Igor Sozinov, Oksana Sozinova, Ioannis Xynias
• Quality Monitoring of Natural Water from Southwest District of Moscow Using Total Reflection X-ray Fluorescence Analysis 496-500
  Nikolai Alov, Pavel Sharanov, Olga Abramova
• Alkylresorcinol Content in the Grains of Winter Triticale Depending on Production Technology 501-507
  Boguslawa Jaskiewicz
• The Effects of “Mob Grazing” on Soil Organic Matter and Dairy Cow Performance – A Case Study 508-512
  Konstantinos Zaralis, Susanne Padel

Session 7: Water Resources Management

• Water Data Sharing in Italy with SIGRIAN WebGIS Platform 513-520
  Raffaella Zucaro, Gianfranco Giannerini, Marco Martello, Antonio Gerardo Pepe, Fabrizio Luigi Tascone
• Approaching to the Fourth Agricultural Revolution: Analysis of Needs for the Profitable Introduction of Smart Farming in Rural Areas 521-532
  Stefania Lombardo, Daniele Sarri, Luigi Corvo, Marco Vieri
• Neuro-fuzzy Control for the Reduction of the Vibrations on Smart Irrigation Systems 533-540
  Georgios Tairidis, Panagiotis Koutsianitis, Aliki Muradova, Georgios Stavroulakis
• Multicriteria and Social Choice Methods in Assessing Water Management Plans 541-553
  Bojan Srdjevic, Zorica Srdjevic, Yvonilde Dantas Pinto Medeiros

Session 8: Environmental Design and Policy

• Willows in Czech Lowlands: Variability of Density and Shrinkage 554-560
  Vladimir Gryc, Kyriaki Giagli, Marek Fajstavr, Hanuš Vavrčík
• Investigation of the Relationship Between Ecological Sensitivity and Renewable Energy Investment Acceptance by Using the NEP Scale 561-570
  Stamatios Ntanos, Garyfallos Arabatzis, Stavros Tsiantikoudis
• Tree-ring Widths and Wood Density Variability of non-Native Species: A Case Study of Douglas-fir Growing in Central Europe 571-579
  Kyriaki Giagli, Lukáš Timko, Vladimir Gryc, Marek Fajstavr, Hanuš Vavrčík
• Investigating the Impact of Visitors’ Perceptions and Attitudes Towards Sustainable Tourism Management in Greece: The Case of Pella Prefecture 580-593
  Georgios Apostolidis

Session 9: Decision Support Systems

• A Fuzzy Multiple Criteria Approach for Environmental Performance Evaluation in the Food Industry 594-601
  Evangelos Grigoroudis
• A Decision Support System for CAP2020 Regionalization Design in National Level 602-609
  Dimitris Kremmydas, Michael Maliappis, Leyteris Nellas, Apostolos Polymeros, Stelios Rozakis, Kostantinos Tsiboukas
• Microclimates and their Stochastic Effect on Olive Fruit Fly Evolution: Modeling and Simulation 610-620
  Romanos Kalamatianos, Markos Avlonitis
• SheepIT - An Electronic Shepherd for the Vineyards 621-632
  Luís Nóbrega, Paulo Pedreiras, Pedro Gonçalves

Session 10: iSAGE

• Developing an Assessment Tool to Evaluate the Sustainability of Sheep and Goat Farming Systems in Europe 633-641
  Konstantinos Zaralis, Laurence Smith, Alejandro Belanche, Emmanuel Morin, Samantha Mullender, Ignacio Martín-García, David Yañez-Ruiz
• Happy Goats - A Decision Support Web App for Sustainable Small Ruminant Farming 642-651
  Sotiria Vouraki, Yannis Skourtis, Dinos Psichos, Gus Rose, Georgios Arsenos
• Priority Innovations for European Sheep and Goat Industry Members 652-657
  Daniel Martín Collado, Gus Rose, Clara Diaz, Konstantinos Zaralis, David Yañez-Ruiz

Session 11: Spatial Analysis, Landscape Planning and GIS-based Analysis

• About Some Peculiarities of SRTM Digital Elevation Model Usage for Agricultural Land Use Planning 658-669
  Arseniy Zhogolev, Igor Savin
• Applying Different Remote Sensing Data to Determine Relative Biomass Estimations of Cereals for Precision Fertilization Task Generation 670-680
  Jere Kaivosoja, Roope Näsi, Teemu Hakala, Niko Viljanen, Eija Honkavaara
• Assessing Forest Species Biogeophysical Suitability by Spatial Multicriteria Analysis: A Study Case for the Centro Region of Portugal 681-695
  Luís Quinta-Nova, Cristina Alegria, Teresa Albuquerque, Natália Roque
• A Semiotic Approach to the Landscape Accounting and Assessment. An Application to the Urban-Coastal Areas 696-708
  Salvatore Giuffrida, Maria Rosa Trovato

Session 12: Diseases Diagnosis and Health Monitoring Systems

• A Windows Phone Application for Plant Disease Diagnosis 709-720
  Nikos Petrellis
• Integrated Pest Control for the Olive-Fruit Fly: Remote Pest Monitoring and Optimized Bait-Sprays 721-733
  George Fouskitakis, Lefteris Doitsidis, Kyriaki Varikou, Iraklis Rigakis, Ioannis Sarantopoulos, Athanasia Mpirouraki, Androniki Papafilippaki, Eleni Barbopoulou, Savvas Chatzichristofis, Kyriaki Maniadaki
• Information Mining from Health Protection Data Against Mosquitoes 734-748
  Stavros Valsamidis, Lambros Tsourgiannis, Giannoula Florou, Athanasios Mandilas, Michael Nikolaidis
• Which Orientation for Strategies and Policies for Local Animal Breeds: The Role of ICT and Novel Strategies 749-758
  Athanasios Ragkos, Georgia Koutouzidou, Christos Christodoulou, Athanasios Batzios

Session 13: Innovative Food, Traceability & Logistics

• Making the Canned Tomato Paste Production Green 759-771
  Dimitris Folinas, Panayotis Karayannakidis, Dimitrios Aidonis
• Effect of Ozonation on the Essential Oil Composition of Dried Aromatic Plants 772-780
  Martha Kazi, Paschalina Chatzopoulou, Christos Lykas
• Strategic Decision Support Systems for Logistics in the Agrifood Industry 781-794
  Maria Kamariotou, Fotis Kitsios, Michael Madas, Vicky Manthou
• Use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for Wildlife Monitoring 795-804
  Pavel Simek, Jan Pavlik, Jan Jarolimek, Vladimir Ocenasek, Michal Stoces

Session 14: Web Applications

• Cultivation Optimization Using Augmented Reality 805-811
  Alexander Katsaros, Euclid Keramopoulos, Michail Salampasis
• Low Cost Computer Platforms for Environmental Monitoring The Case of the AgroComp Project 812-823
  Konstantinos Ioannou, Dimitrios Emmanouloudis, Kleanthis Xenitidis
• A Comparative Analysis Among Three Commercial Temperature Sensors 824-836
  Konstantinos Ioannou, Dimitrios Emmanouloudis, Kleanthis Xenitidis
• Modeling of Posting Behavior in Social Media 837-849
  Kateryna Kononova, Anton Dek, Maksym Shpakovych
• Cross-Border e-Government Authentication Services 850-864
  Alexandros B. Sideridis, Konstantina Costopoulou, Costas P. Yialouris, Ioannis Savvas, Michael Maliappis, Maria Ntaliani, Sotiris Karetsos, Stergios Tsiafoulis, Loucas Protopappas, Andreas Chatziandreou