Sustainable agriculture is the backbone of food security systems and a driver of human well-being in global economic development (Sustainable Development Goal SDG 3). With the increase in world population and the effects of climate change due to the industrialization of economies, food security systems are under pressure to sustain communities. This situation calls for the implementation of innovative solutions to increase and sustain efficacy from farm to table. Agricultural social networks (ASNs) are central in agriculture value chain (AVC) management and sustainability and consist of a complex network inclusive of interdependent actors such as farmers, distributors, processors, and retailers. Hence, social network structures (SNSs) and practices are a means to contextualize user scenarios in agricultural value chain digitalization and digital solutions development. Therefore, this research aimed to unearth the roles of agricultural social networks in AVC digitalization, enabling an inclusive digital economy. We conducted automated literature content analysis followed by the application of case studies to develop a conceptual framework for the digitalization of the AVC toward an inclusive digital economy. Furthermore, we propose a transdisciplinary framework that guides the digitalization systematization of the AVC, while articulating resilience principles that aim to attain sustainability. The outcomes of this study offer software developers, agricultural stakeholders, and policymakers a platform to gain an understanding of technological infrastructure capabilities toward sustaining communities through digitalized AVCs.
Remote sensing scene classification has numerous applications on land cover land use. However, classifying the scene images into their correct categories is a challenging task. This challenge is attributable to the diverse semantics of remote sensing images. This nature of remote sensing images makes the task of effective feature extraction and Learning Complex. Effective image-feature-representation is essential in image analysis and interpretation for accurate scene image classification with machine learning algorithms. The recent literature shows that convolutional neural networks are mighty in feature extraction for remote sensing scene classification. Additionally, recent literature shows that classifier-fusion attain superior results than individual classifiers. This paper proposes the adaptive deep coaccordance feature learning (ADCFL). The ADCFL method utilizes a convolutional neural network to extracts spatial feature information from an image in a co-occurrence manner with filters, and then this information is fed to the multigrain forest for feature learning and classification through majority votes with ensemble classifiers. An evaluation of the effectiveness of ADCFL is conducted on the public datasets Resisc45 and Ucmerced. The classification accuracy results attained by the ADCFL demonstrate that the proposed method achieves improved results.
Deep learning approaches are gaining popularity in image feature analysis and in attaining state-of-the-art performances in scene classification of remote sensing imagery. This article presents a comprehensive review of the developments of various computer vision methods in remote sensing. There is currently an increase of remote sensing datasets with diverse scene semantics; this renders computer vision methods challenging to characterize the scene images for accurate scene classification effectively. This paper presents technology breakthroughs in deep learning and discusses their artificial intelligence open-source software implementation framework capabilities. Further, this paper discusses the open gaps/opportunities that need to be addressed by remote sensing communities.
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