Intelligent Agrifood Chains and Networks; Contents; Foreword; Contributors; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Scope and structure of this book; 1.3 Conclusions; References; 2 Food and Drink Manufacturing and the Role of ICT; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Industry structure; 2.3 Food consumer trends and food legislation; 2.4 Information systems and food manufacturing; 2.5 Food manufacturing and supply chains; 2.6 Conclusion; References; 3 Retail Technologies in the Agrifood Chain; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Food retail logistics; 3.3 Information technology in food retail logistics; 3.3.1 Bar codes

3.3.2 Electronic data interchange3.3.3 Data processing and information; 3.4 Conclusions; References; 4 Basic Principles for Effective Warehousing and Distribution of Perishable Goods in the Urban Environment: Current Status, Advanced Technologies and Future Trends; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 The nature of perishable foods; 4.2.1 Current needs and inefficiencies; 4.2.2 Official authorities and legislation for perishable foods; 4.3 Warehousing operations; 4.3.1 The role of warehousing; 4.3.2 Types of warehouse facility; 4.3.3 Warehouse operations; 4.3.4 Storage of perishable goods

4.3.5 Storage inefficiencies of perishable foods4.4 Distribution process; 4.4.1 Goods distribution in urban environments; 4.4.2 Types of urban freight distribution; 4.4.3 Routing factors that affect urban freight distributions; 4.4.4 Dynamic incidents in urban freight distributions; 4.4.5 Current status in urban distribution of perishable goods; 4.4.6 Distribution inefficiencies of perishable foods; 4.5 New technologies in warehousing and distribution; 4.5.1 Technologies for perishable food storage; 4.5.2 Technologies for distribution of perishable food; 4.6 Conclusions and future trends

References5 Emerging Footprint Technologies in Agriculture, from Field to Farm Gate; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Precision agriculture; 5.3 Robotics in agriculture; 5.4 Fleet management; 5.4.1 Framework; 5.4.2 Algorithmic approaches; 5.5 ICT technologies in agriculture; 5.5.1 ISOBUS system; 5.5.2 Traceability systems based on radio-frequency identification technology; 5.5.3 Wireless sensor networks; References; 6 Telematics for Efficient Transportation and Distribution of Agrifood Products; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Technological prerequisites for telematics; 6.2.1 Wireless communications

6.2.2 Positioning systems6.2.3 Geographical information systems; 6.3 Application of telematics in freight transport and distribution; 6.4 Investing in value of information; 6.5 Distribution of agrifood products: current status and needs; 6.6 The use of telematics in distribution of agrifood products; 6.7 Potential for advanced and value-adding applications; 6.7.1 Vehicle routing and monitoring; 6.7.2 Safety; 6.7.3 Value-added applications; References; 7 RFID: An Emerging Paradigm for the Agrifood Supply Chain; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 RFID technology; 7.2.1 Overview of RFID technology

7.2.2 Current drawbacks to RFID adoption