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ISPA Newsletter 14(8): ISPA Board of Directors, Surveys, CR Report, Jobs, Events and More
Aug 31, 2026
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ISPA Board of Directors
Thank you to our ISPA members who voted in the 2026 ISPA Board Election.  Learn more about our ISPA Board HERE
 
2026 ISPA Board of Directors
 
President 
Dr. Davide Cammarano 
President-Elect
Dr. Yuxin Miao
Secretary 
Dr. Guillermo Balboa
Treasurer 
Dr. Leonardo Bastos
Africa Regional Representative
Dr. Nicodeme Fassinou Hotegni
Asia and Oceania Regional Representative
Dr. Siva K. Balasundram
Europe Regional Representative
Dr. Søren Marcus Pedersen
Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Representative
Dr. Lucas Rios do Amaral
North America Regional Representative
Dr. Athyna Cambouris
Past President
Dr. Steve Phillips
17th ICPA and 11th ConBAP Post Conference Survey
Thank you for attending the 17th International Conference on Precision Agriculture and 11th Brazilian Congress on Precision and Digital Agriculture. 
 
Your feedback is important to us. Please help improve future conferences by filling out the post conference evaluation. 
 
If you have any questions, please send us an email at info@ispag.org
Beyond Yield: Precision Agriculture and Farm Profitability in Ukraine Under Export Constraints
By Ukraine Country Representative Yaroslav Boyko 
 
For decades, crop yield has been one of the primary measures of efficiency in agricultural production. Under increasingly volatile market conditions, however, high yield alone no longer guarantees high profitability.
 
For Ukraine in 2026, this issue has become particularly important. Disruptions to export logistics, higher transportation costs, and declining domestic commodity prices have significantly changed farm-level economics.
 
As a result, the key performance indicator is increasingly shifting from maximum yield per hectare toward the economic return generated by each hectare and each unit of input invested.
 
To read the rest of the article, please visit the website
 
Upcoming Regional Conferences
Registration is now open for the 4th African Conference on Precision Agriculture.  The conference will take place in Cairo, Egypt from 1-3 December 2026.  
 
For for information, please visit our WEBSITE
The 16th European Conference on Precision Agriculture is now accepting Oral Presentation Abstracts.  Abstract submissions will be collected through 30 September 2026. 
 
For for information, please visit our WEBSITE
The registration form for the 12th Asian-Australasian Conference on Precision Agriculture is now open.  The conference is also accepting abstract submissions through 28 February 2027. 
 
For for information, please visit our WEBSITE
Preliminary Digital Agriculture Survey
ISPA is developing a Digital Agriculture definition and we would like to hear from our ISPA membership currently working in Digitial Ag or expecting to do so. This survey will inform the definition committee. We split this into four broad questions:

a. Where, within food systems, do you operate?
b. What technologies do you consider most important? (We suggest four classes: data collection, control tech, modeling/AI and comms/networking.)
c. How do you believe technology creates value? (We suggest three classes: increased efficiency, better processes, and assett management.)
d. Who do you expect gains value from digitial ag?
 
ISPA Country Representative - James Jade Lasquites
ISPA Country Representative

Country Representatives serve to help promote ISPA by championing the ISPA mission and purpose globally, in particular, in the country they represent. ISPA is growing internationally so Country Representatives remain an important position to help ISPA best serve people, groups, governments and others, globally connecting them to science and experts.

Please join us in thanking ISPA Country Representative from Philippines, James Jade Lasquites. 

If you are interested in becoming a Country Representative, please email info@ispag.org with your bio highlighting your experience in precision agriculture and your CV. ISPA requires that all Country Representatives are current members of the society. To become a member, please complete the membership form.

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ISPA Members - My Account Information
Manage and update your membership profile information on your unique My Account page.  
Login to the ISPA website using your membership credentials, then upload or update your bio and headshot, change your contact information, add links to your social media accounts, and more. 
Jobs Listing
 
Do you have a job you would like to post to the ISPA website? Please send your job announcement, a short description, and the deadline for applications to info@ispag.org
Upcoming Events
23-25 SEP 2026
International Drone Congress 2026
Tucumán Rural Society, Tucumán Province, Argentina
 
12-30 OCT 2026
Call for Applications for the Regional Precision Agriculture Training Coursee
University of Cape Coast, Ghana 
 
21 OCT 2026
Nitrogen Community Webinar
Virtual
 
1-3 DEC 2026
4th African Conference on Precision Agriculture
Cairo, Egypt
 
30 MAR-1 APR 2027
2027 AI In Agriculture
Lexington, Kentucky USA
 
11-15 JUL 2027
16th European Conference on Precision Agriculture
Copenhagen, Denmark 
 
15-18 SEP 2027
12th Asian-Australasian Conference on Precision Agriculture
Kobe, Japan 
 
16-19 JUL 2028
18th International Conference on Precision Agriculture
Athens, Georgia USA 
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Do you have an event that would be of interest to our members? Send us an email to let us know.
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Precision Agriculture Definition

Precision Agriculture is a management strategy that gathers, processes and analyzes temporal, spatial and individual plant and animal data and combines it with other information to support management decisions according to estimated variability for improved resource use efficiency, productivity, quality, profitability and sustainability of agricultural production.

 


The International Society of Precision Agriculture (ISPA) is a non-profit professional scientific organization.
The mission of ISPA is to advance the science of precision agriculture globally.
 
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