Innovative Approaches and Applications for Sustainable Rural Development

Prof. Alexandros Theodoridis is Assistant Professor in Animal Production Economics and Applied Statistics, at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. His main research interests include agricultural economics, agricultural policy, animal production economics, statistical analyses and evaluation of experimental data and design of farm management surveys. Dr. Theodoridis has participated in several scientific projects funded by Greek governmental bodies, European Union and private companies and organizations and he has published more than 70 papers in peer-reviewed journal and conferences in various fields of Agricultural Economics and Applied Statistics. Dr. Ragkos Athanasios is an Agricultural Economist currently employed as a Researcher at the Agricultural Economics Research Institute of the Greek Agricultural Organization “Demeter”.He has taught several courses in Greek Universities and Technological Institutions. He has participated in 22 research projects (one of which as Coordinator) and has published more than 55 papers in peer-reviewed journals and Conference Proceedings. His research fields include the economics of agriculturaland animal production, environmental economics, the multifunctional character of agriculture and extensive farming systems, project appraisal and sustainable rural development. He is experienced in designing interdisciplinary approaches regarding the above-mentioned research fields by maintaining close collaboration with scientists of relevant fields. Prof. Michail Salampasis is professor of Internet Technologies at the department of Informatics at the TEI of Thessaloniki.  He was also a Marie Curie Fellow at the Institute of Software Technology and Interactive Systems, Vienna University of Technology. His main research interests are in applied and interdisciplinary studies in information science, information seeking in large professional search systems, patent search, distributed information retrieval and search systems evaluation. He is author or co-author of over 80 publications in refereed journals and international conferences.

• Chapter1.Athanasios Ragkos, Georgia Koutouzidou, Stavriani Koutsou and Dimitrios Roustemis. A new development paradigm for local animal breeds and the role of Information and Communication Technologies Chapter2.Panagiotis Koulelis. Restructuring the Greek forest sector in order to facilitate rural development in Greece Chapter3.Stavros Valsamidis. Best practices for frugal and sustainable innovationChapter4.Bojan Srdjevic, Zorica Srdjevic, Yvonilde Dantas Pinto Medeiros. Group Evaluation of Water Management Plans with Analytic Hierarchy. Process and Social Choice Methods Chapter5.Andrea Pisanelli, Claudia Consalvo, Giuseppe Russo, Marco Ciolfi, Endro Martini, Marco Lauteri, Francesca Camilli, Pierluigi Paris. Agroforestry systems and innovation in extra-virgin olive oil chain in Central Italy: a multi-stakeholder perspective Chapter6.Konstantinos Papageorgiou, Evanthia Petridou, Georgios Filioussis, Alexandros Theodoridis, Ioannis Grivas, Odysseas Moschidis, Spyridon K. Kritas. Epidemiological Investigation of Pseudorabies in GreeceChapter7.Ian James Rose, Daniel Martin-Collado, Stefano Orsini, Rafaelle Zanoli, David Yañez-Ruiz, Konstantinos Zaralis and Georgios Arsenos. Using the multi-stakeholder approach to match potential innovations with challenges experienced by European sheep and goat farms Chapter8.Konstantinos Zaralis and Susanne Padel. Effects of high stocking grazing density of diverse swards on forage production, animal performance and soil organic matter: a case study Chapter9.Eleni G. Symeonaki, Konstantinos G. Arvanitis, Dimitrios. D. Piromalis. Cloud Computing for IoT Applications in Climate - Smart Agriculture: A Review on the Trends and Challenges Τowards SustainabilityChapter10.Jan Masner, Jan Jarolímek, Michal Stočes, Pavel Šimek, Jiří Vaněk, Vladimír Očenášek. User-Technological Index of Precision Agriculture: Data Collection and Visualization Chapter11.Stratos Kartsonakis, Evangelos Grigoroudis, Michalis Neofytou. Supplier selection and evaluation using multicriteria decision analysis Chapter12.Michalis Skordoulis, Miltiadis Chalikias, Spyros Galatsidas, Garyfallos Arabatzis. Competitive advantage establishment through sustainable environmental management and green entrepreneurship: A proposed differential equations frameworkChapter13.Rosa Misso, Monica Varlese and Gian Paolo Cesaretti. Food system and sustainability: the role of crowd-funding Chapter14.Luisa Sturiale, Alessandro Scuderi. Evaluation of Innovative Tools for the Trade Enhancement of Fresh Agrifood Products Chapter15.Vladimír Očenášek, Jiří Vaněk, Pavel Šimek, Michal Stočes, Jan Jarolímek, Jan Masner. Evaluation of Farmer's e-shops with an emphasis on services Chapter16.Gianluigi De Pascale, Piermichele La Sala, Nicola Faccilongo, Claudio Zaza. Adopting ICT tools by farms in Lucania regionChapter17.Sandeep Jagtap and Shahin Rahimifard. Unlocking the Potential of the Internet of Things to Improve Resource Efficiency in Food Supply Chains Chapter18.Anatoli Karelov, Natalia Kozub, Igor Sozinov, Oksana Sozinova, Athanasios G. Mavromatis and Ioannis N. Xynias.  Molecular detection of resistance to biotic stress conditions in spring bread wheat cultivars Chapter19.Dimitra Papaefthimiou, Sotirios Kontogiannis, Angelos Chatzimparmpas, George Kokkonis, Stavros Valsamidis. Proposed OLEA management system with farming monitoring processes for virgin olive oil production traceability and assessmentChapter20.Aliki D. Muradova,Georgios K. Tairidisand Georgios E. Stavroulakis. Fuzzy control simulation of a smart irrigation system Chapter21.Wojciech Czekała. Processing of digested pulp from agricultural biogas plant