Big Data Analytics in Agriculture: Algorithms and Applications focuses on quantitative and qualitative assessment using state-of-the-art technology to provide practical improvements to agricultural production. The book provides a complete mapping―from data generation to storage to curation, processing and implementation/application―to produce high-quality reliable information for decision-making. It follows a logical pathway to demonstrate how data contributes to a converging flow of information towards a decision support system and how it can be transformed into actionable steps.
The book develops ideas surrounding a strong integration of ICT and IoT to manage rural assets to deliver improved economic and environmental performance in a spatially and temporarily variable environment.
- Examines core research issues from different perspectives, such as storage, handling, management, processing and applications within an agricultural framework
- Offers novel research and applications along with computational tools and techniques in development
- Develops a strong integration of ICT and IoT for managing rural assets to deliver improved economic and environmental performance
Prashant K. Srivastava is working at IESD, Banaras Hindu University, as a faculty and was affiliated with Hydrological Sciences, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, as research scientist on SMAP satellite soil mois ture retrieval algorithm development, instrumentation, and simulation for various applications. He received his PhD degree from the Department of Civil Engineering, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom. Prashant was the recipient of several awards such as NASA Fellowship, USA; University of Maryland Fellowship, USA; Commonwealth Fellowship, UK; Early Career Research Award (ECRA, DST, India), CSIR, as well as UGC JRF-NET (2005, 2006). He is leading a number of projects funded from reputed agencies in India as well as world. He was also a collaborator with NASA JPL on SMAP soil mois ture calibration and validation as well as Scatsat-1, NISAR, AVIRIS-NG missions of India. Prashant made more than 200+ publications in peer-reviewed journals and published 14 books with reputed publishing house such as Springer, Taylor and Francis, AGU-Wiley, and Elsevier, and several book chapters with good cita tion index. He presented his work in several conferences and workshops and is acting as a convener for the last few years in EGU, Hydroinformatics (HIC), and other conferences. He is also acting as Regional Editor Asia-Geocarto International (T & F), Associate Editor-Journal of Hydrology (Elsevier), GIScience and Remote Sensing (T & F), Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment (Elsevier), Sustainable Environment (T & F), Water Resources Management (Springer), Frontiers Remote Sensing, Associate Editor- Remote Sensing-MDPI, Associate Editor- Environment, Development and Sustainability (Springer), Environmental Processes (Springer), Bull of Env and Sci Res.
Professor R. K. Mall is Dean and Head of the Institute of Environment & Sustainable Development, Banaras Hindu University. Prof Mall received his Ph.D. in Geophysics from Banaras Hindu University. With about thirty years of professional experience, he has gained extensive knowledge in the field of research and academia, administration, and managerial capacity in the fields of simulation modelling, climate change / disaster risk management and related issues, sustainable development and poverty alleviation, agro-advisory services for farmers. Prof. Mall has been the principal investigator of various projects with a combined total grant exceeding £150 million. As a major milestone Prof. Mall has established the “DST-Mahamana Centre of Excellence in Climate Change Research” at BHU under Prime Minister’s National Action Plan on Climate Change in 2017. As of now, Prof. Mall has visited more than 25 countries for various international conferences, seminars, training and international collaborations and received several awards and recognitions worldwide. He has conferred several awards such as Senior & Regular Associateship of ICTP-Italy, TWAS-CAS fellow (2006), Visiting Scientist/Professor at ANU-Australia, GMU-USA, Purdue-USA & ICTP-Italy etc. Prof. Mall has published over 100 research papers, 17 books, and various book chapters, and supervised over 8 Ph.D. students. He has developed robust models based on social, economic, and environmental vulnerability of India and the South Asia region, found to be immensely applicable for regional and sub regional planning (UNDRR, SAARC-Disaster Management Centre, UNDP, World Bank, IMD, CGWB etc.). He also serves as consultant and policy adviser for various State Government, Central Government Departments as well as UN and other international agencies. He has also represented several Government of India delegations in the Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (AMCDRR) and Global Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction (GPDRR) in Indonesia, Switzerland, Thailand, Japan, and India.
Biswajeet Pradhan is a distinguished professor at UTS School of Civil and Environmental Engineering. He is an international expert in data-driven modelling and a pioneer in combining spatial modelling with statistical and machine learning models for natural hazard predictions including landslides. He has a track record of outstanding research outputs, with over 600 journal articles. He is a highly interdisciplinary researcher with publications across 12 areas, listed as having ‘Excellent’ international collaboration status. He has been a Highly Cited Researcher for five consecutive years (2016-2020) and ranks fifth in the field of Geological & Geoenvironmental Engineering.
Dr. Manish Pandey, a Research Associate Professor at MURC, Marwadi University, Rajkot, Gujarat, India, is passionate about blending geomorphology with the latest advances in artificial intelligence, remote sensing, and geographic information systems. He completed his undergraduate and postgraduate studies in Geography with specialisation in remote sensing and GIS at the University of Allahabad and earned his Ph.D. from Banaras Hindu University in fluvial geomorphology with support from prestigious CSIR research grants. With more than a decade of research experience, Dr. Pandey investigates earth surface processes, such as flooding, landslides, and groundwater dynamics, using cutting-edge AI techniques. Skilled in cartography and GIS software like ArcGIS and QGIS, and MATLAB- and Python-based GeoAI, he has also broadened his expertise into glaciology through training with the Geological Survey of India and ISRO. Above all, Dr. Pandey is dedicated to advancing GeoAI as a powerful tool for modeling and understanding the natural world.
