Unleashing profitability of vineyards through the adoption of unmanned aerial vehicles technology systems: the case of two Italian wineries

IF 5.4 2区农林科学 Q1 AGRICULTURE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Precision Agriculture Pub Date : 2025-03-28 DOI:10.1007/s11119-025-10236-2

Serena Sofia, Martina Agosta, Antonio Asciuto, Maria Crescimanno, Antonino Galati

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Abstract

Purpose

Precision agriculture technologies play an important role in optimising practices to increase yields and reduce costs, contributing to socio-economic progress and environmental well-being, and playing a key role in addressing climate change. Viticulture is a strategic, input-intensive agricultural sector where precision technologies can make the use of resources more efficient without compromising profitability. The aim of this study is to evaluate the profitability of implementing precision farming systems, such as unmanned aerial vehicle surveying for the production of vigour maps, compared to the conventional cultivation system in two Italian wineries.

Methods

The profitability of using precision farming tools in viticulture compared to conventional management techniques has been investigated in two Italian wineries over a four-year period, before and after the introduction of UAV technology.

Results

The results demonstrate the usefulness and economic viability of precision agriculture technologies in viticulture. The vigour maps produced by the data collected with UAV technology allow both the identification of problems such as diseases, and consequently the planning of phytosanitary treatments, and selective grape harvesting, which allows a significant improvement in the quality of the harvested grapes.

Conclusion

The results demonstrate the usefulness of precision technologies for cost-effective and sustainable vineyard management, satisfying a market segment made up of stakeholders who are increasingly sensitive to environmental issues.

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Precision Agriculture 农林科学-农业综合

CiteScore

12.30

自引率

8.10%

发文量

103

审稿时长

>24 weeks

期刊介绍： Precision Agriculture promotes the most innovative results coming from the research in the field of precision agriculture. It provides an effective forum for disseminating original and fundamental research and experience in the rapidly advancing area of precision farming. There are many topics in the field of precision agriculture; therefore, the topics that are addressed include, but are not limited to: Natural Resources Variability: Soil and landscape variability, digital elevation models, soil mapping, geostatistics, geographic information systems, microclimate, weather forecasting, remote sensing, management units, scale, etc. Managing Variability: Sampling techniques, site-specific nutrient and crop protection chemical recommendation, crop quality, tillage, seed density, seed variety, yield mapping, remote sensing, record keeping systems, data interpretation and use, crops (corn, wheat, sugar beets, potatoes, peanut, cotton, vegetables, etc.), management scale, etc. Engineering Technology: Computers, positioning systems, DGPS, machinery, tillage, planting, nutrient and crop protection implements, manure, irrigation, fertigation, yield monitor and mapping, soil physical and chemical characteristic sensors, weed/pest mapping, etc. Profitability: MEY, net returns, BMPs, optimum recommendations, crop quality, technology cost, sustainability, social impacts, marketing, cooperatives, farm scale, crop type, etc. Environment: Nutrient, crop protection chemicals, sediments, leaching, runoff, practices, field, watershed, on/off farm, artificial drainage, ground water, surface water, etc. Technology Transfer: Skill needs, education, training, outreach, methods, surveys, agri-business, producers, distance education, Internet, simulations models, decision support systems, expert systems, on-farm experimentation, partnerships, quality of rural life, etc.