Corresponding author. † These authors contributed equally. tbournar@agro.auth.gr (T. Bournaris); ragkos@agreri.gr (A. Ragkos) Thomas Bournaris 1 Athanasios Ragkos 0 Agricultural Economics Research Institute, Hellenic Agricultural Organization - DIMITRA , Kourtidou 56-58, Athens, 111 45 , Greece Department of Agricultural Economics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki , 54124, Thessaloniki , Greece 2024 000 0 0001

and short paper was evaluated by one, two or more -in some cases- reviewers, respectively, who provided their valuable comments.

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We are also grateful to the invited keynote speaker Dr. Samir Mili (CSIC Madrid, Spain), who shared his ideas and the results of their research with HAICTA community through his inspired lecture. We would also like to thank the Organizing Committee Chairs and the Conference Chairs for their support to our task.

We hope that the Short Paper Proceedings, Volume I of HAICTA 2024 will promote the discussion within the scientific community regarding the integration of innovative ideas, solutions and practices, new digital technologies and research applications towards the development of sustainable and resilient environmental and agricultural systems.