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Abstract

Artificial intelligence (AI) plays an essential role in agricultural mapping. It reduces costs and time and increases efficiency in agricultural management activities, which improves the food industry. Agricultural mapping is necessary for resource management and requires technologies for farming challenges. The mapping in agricultural AI applications gives efficiency in mapping and its subsequent use in decision-making. This study analyses AI’s current state in agricultural mapping through bibliometric indicators and a literature review to identify methods, agricultural resources, geomatic tools, mapping types, and their applications in agricultural management. The methodology begins with a bibliographic search in Scopus and the Web of Science (WoS). Subsequently, a bibliographic data analysis and literature review establish the scientific contribution, collaboration, AI methods, and trends. The United States (USA), Spain, and Italy are countries that produce and collaborate more in this area of knowledge. Of the studies, 76% use machine learning (ML) and 24% use deep learning (DL) for agricultural mapping applications. Prevailing algorithms such as Random Forest (RF), Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs), and Support Vector Machines (SVMs) correlate mapping activities in agricultural management. In addition, AI contributes to agricultural mapping in activities associated with production, disease detection, crop classification, rural planning, forest dynamics, and irrigation system improvements.

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Title
Artificial Intelligence in Agricultural Mapping: A Review
Author
Espinel, Ramón 1 ; Herrera-Franco, Gricelda 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Rivadeneira García, José Luis 3   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Escandón-Panchana, Paulo 4   VIAFID ORCID Logo 

 Rural Research Center (CIR), ESPOL Polytechnic University, Campus Gustavo Galindo Km 30.5 vía Perimetral, Guayaquil 090902, Ecuador 
 Faculty of Engineering Sciences, Universidad Estatal Península de Santa Elena UPSE, La Libertad 240204, Ecuador; [email protected] 
 Unidad de Investigación, Desarrollo e Innovación, Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Agropecuarias (INIAP), Quito 170518, Ecuador; [email protected] 
 Centre for Research and Projects Applied to Earth Sciences (CIPAT), Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral ESPOL, Guayaquil 09015863, Ecuador; [email protected] 
First page
1071
Publication year
2024
Publication date
2024
Publisher
MDPI AG
e-ISSN
20770472
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
3084712189
Copyright
© 2024 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.