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Utilization of New Technologies in the Production of Pharmaceutical Olive Oil

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Abstract

Olive oil is a key ingredient in the Mediterranean diet and offers many health benefits. However, many factors affect the quality and quantity of olive oil such as olive tree diseases and olive-related pests. Unfortunately, the procedure of identifying pests or the outbreak of a disease is time-consuming, and it depends heavily on the size of the olive grove. Through the use of ICT, remote monitoring of the olive grove can be achieved, by collecting environment-related data and having an overview of the olive grove’s overall health. In this paper we propose a low-cost dense network of sensors that collects daily data regarding the olive grove, thus, providing the possibility to prevent infestation of olive fruit fly and/or the outbreak of olive tree-related disease.

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Low-cost sensors Sensors network Olive oil Olive grove 
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Acknowledgments

The financial support of the European Union and Greece (Partnership Agreement for the Development Framework 2014–2020) under the Regional Operational Programme Ionian Islands 2014–2020 for the project “Olive Observer” is gratefully acknowledged.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Department of InformaticsIonian UniversityCorfuGreece

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