this book constitutes the first volume of the refereed proceedings of first ifip wg 12.5 international conference on computer and computing technologies in agriculture (ccta2007) held in wuyishan, china on august 18-20, 2007. the ifip series publishes state-of-the-art results in the sciences and technologies of information and communication. the scope of the series includes: foundations of computer science; software theory and practice; education; computer applications in technology; communication systems; systems modeling and optimization; information systems; computers and society; computer systems technology; security and protection in information processing systems; artificial intelligence; and human-computer interaction. proceedings and post-proceedings of referred international conferences in computer science and interdisciplinary fields are featured. these results often precede journal publication and represent the most current research. the principal aim of the ifip series is to encourage education and the dissemination and exchange of information about all aspects of computing.