This activity is part of a secondment under Project SUSTAINABLE (Grant Agreement No. 101007702), an international research initiative funded by the European Union through the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions – Research and Innovation Staff Exchange (MSCA-RISE) program. The research focused on monitoring water stress in plants using precision sensor technologies and was conducted at the Università degli Studi di Palermo (UNIPA), Italy, from February to June 2024 as part of Work Package 4.

The secondment was carried out by Raudhatul Fadhilah, M.Si. from Universitas Muhammadiyah Pontianak, under the supervision of Prof. Riccardo Lo Bianco and in close collaboration with Dr. Roberto Massenti and Pedro Tomas Bulacio, as part of the Department of Agricultural, Food, and Forest Sciences, UNIPA.

A key academic output from this collaboration is the publication of a peer-reviewed review article in Horticulturae, an international open-access journal: Bulacio Fischer, P.T.; Carella, A.; Massenti, R.; Fadhilah, R.; Lo Bianco, R. Advances in Monitoring Crop and Soil Nutrient Status: Proximal and Remote Sensing Techniques.Horticulturae 2025, 11(2), 182.
Available at: https://www.mdpi.com/2311-7524/11/2/182.

This secondment exemplifies meaningful scientific collaboration and capacity building through structured knowledge exchange, hands-on research experience, and internationally recognized academic contribution in the field of sustainable agriculture and smart farming technologies.