Announcement

Special topic solicitation: Smart Agriculture Technology and Machinery in Hilly Areas
• Hilly areas in China are important production bases for fruits, vegetables, tea, and grain and oil. However, due to complex terrain, small and fragmented plots, steep slopes, and narrow roads, traditional agricultural production methods have low efficiency and high labor costs. In response to the spirit of the Central Document No. 1, "Supporting the R&D and Manufacturing of Agricultural Machinery in Hilly Areas (2021)," "Accelerating the R&D and Manufacturing of Small Machinery in Hilly Areas (2022)," and "Intensifying the R&D of Small Machinery Suitable for Hilly Areas (2023)," the full utilization of modern technology to vigorously promote the mechanization, intelligence, and smart management of characteristic agriculture in hilly areas is of great significance for improving agricultural production efficiency, reducing labor costs, promoting sustainable agricultural development, and realizing agricultural and rural modernization. To further report on the latest technological research and development in modern agriculture in hilly areas, our journal plans to launch a special issue on "Smart Agriculture Technology and Machinery in Hilly Areas." The aim is to explore and exchange the latest achievements in basic theoretical innovation, key technology and machinery R&D, and application mode exploration in this field. The special issue is scheduled to be published in the second issue of 2024, and we cordially invite experts, scholars, and researchers in related research fields to submit their contributions.
  
  
   Scope of Submissions
  
  Including but not limited to: power machinery in hilly areas, intelligent precision operation equipment, automatic water-saving irrigation technology in mountainous areas, agricultural information perception in complex terrains, high-precision identification of crops in small and scattered plots, crop phenotype monitoring in mountainous areas, automatic grading technology and equipment for agricultural products, agricultural product quality traceability systems, and smart agricultural control technology systems in hilly areas.
  
  
  Submission Requirements
  
  1. Original research papers that have not been published, in either Chinese or English, within the scope of this special issue. The papers should have clear viewpoints, detailed materials, accurate data, reasonable arguments, and adhere to formatting guidelines.
  
  2. Concise writing, substantial content, including titles, author information, structured abstracts, keywords, funding information, main text, references, and editable figures and tables. The paper should be no less than 7000 words and submitted in a Word document.
  
  3. Online submission: http://www.smartag.net.cn/Journalx_zhny/authorLogOn.action
  
  
  Timeline
  
  Issue schedule: Second issue of 2024
  Submission deadline: January 10, 2024
  
  
  Guest Editors
  
  Professor Yang Fuzeng
  
  Professor Yang Fuzeng, Ph.D., is a professor at the College of Mechanical and Electronic Engineering at Northwest A&F University and a doctoral supervisor. His research focuses on unmanned machinery in hilly areas, key technologies of intelligent agricultural machinery, key technologies of multi-body robots, and information or control technologies based on unmanned machinery. He has successively led several national key R&D projects in the 14th Five-Year Plan, National Natural Science Foundation projects, national science and technology support program projects, and key scientific and technological innovation projects in Shaanxi Province. He has obtained more than 10 authorized patents and published over 50 SCI and EI indexed papers.
  
  
  Professor Yu Gaohong
  
  Professor Yu Gaohong, Ph.D., is a professor and doctoral supervisor at the College of Mechanical Engineering at Zhejiang University of Technology. He is also a scientist in the National Rice Industry Technology System, a recipient of the Zhejiang Provincial Outstanding Youth Fund, and the vice chairman of the Hilly Area Agricultural and Forestry Equipment Branch of the China Agricultural Machinery Society. His research focuses on modern planting equipment design, agricultural robots, and mechanism theory. He has led several national key R&D projects in the 14th Five-Year Plan, the 13th Five-Year Plan, National Natural Science Foundation projects, and provincial and ministerial-level projects. He has received one second prize of the National Technical Invention Award, five provincial and ministerial-level science and technology awards, and has been granted over 40 invention patents. He has published over 70 research papers and authored one book.
  
  
Pubdate： 2023-08-29    Viewed： 64