Understanding the farmer's workflow. Building products that solve problems ra...AG/SUM
This document discusses challenges and opportunities in agricultural technology (AgTech). It notes that while tech solutions are increasingly demanded in agriculture, integrating them successfully is difficult due to psychological and practical differences between tech and farming cultures. It advocates focusing first on technologies that solve clear problems for farmers through improved usability, flexibility and practicality. Overall, the document argues for a step-wise approach to AgTech integration over time to drive on-farm efficiencies and optimize inputs through improved data capture and analytics.
"Controlled Environment Agriculture - The Future of Food"AG/SUM
The document discusses the future of farming and controlled environment agriculture. It notes that the world population is projected to reach 9.7 billion by 2050, requiring a 70% increase in agricultural production to meet demand. However, traditional farming faces challenges from environmental risks, inefficient use of resources, and a costly distribution network. The solution proposed is controlled environment agriculture using indoor farms like TerraFarms, which offer production advantages like year-round harvests, higher yields, and more efficient water and land use. However, indoor farming currently faces challenges like high electricity usage, labor intensity, and limited product types. Future developments in automation, plant science, and new business models focused on selling produce rather than systems are poised to help indoor farming
The document discusses agricultural production and challenges in India. It notes that while India produces large amounts of food grains, milk, fish and vegetables, the agricultural sector faces issues like limited irrigation, a large population dependent on agriculture, low income growth for farmers, and increasing farmer indebtedness and suicide rates. It then discusses how agro-dairy farms could help address these issues by providing employment, reducing rural migration, ensuring quality standards and processing to increase farmer incomes. Drip irrigation is presented as an effective way to use water and fertilizers efficiently in farming through a localized irrigation system.
Industrial Digitisation / AgTech: Company presentation by Gal Yareden, SVP Corporate Commercial Solutions at Netafim at the NOAH Conference 2019 in Tel Aviv, Hangar 11, 10-11 April 2019.
YFN Georgia: INTA fertigation control systemsSimon Appleby
The document discusses fertigation systems for maximizing crop yields. It describes fertigation as applying fertilizers dissolved in irrigation water directly to plant roots via drip irrigation. An optimal pH of 6 is said to optimize fertilizer application and absorption. The company's fertigation mixers precisely dose water and fertilizers to control EC and pH. Sensors and controls allow automatic irrigation based on soil moisture and drainage. Radio valves and software enable remote monitoring and control. Custom systems are developed for various crops like hydroponics, nurseries, fruits and vegetables to improve water and fertilizer efficiency.
Understanding the farmer's workflow. Building products that solve problems ra...AG/SUM
This document discusses challenges and opportunities in agricultural technology (AgTech). It notes that while tech solutions are increasingly demanded in agriculture, integrating them successfully is difficult due to psychological and practical differences between tech and farming cultures. It advocates focusing first on technologies that solve clear problems for farmers through improved usability, flexibility and practicality. Overall, the document argues for a step-wise approach to AgTech integration over time to drive on-farm efficiencies and optimize inputs through improved data capture and analytics.
"Controlled Environment Agriculture - The Future of Food"AG/SUM
The document discusses the future of farming and controlled environment agriculture. It notes that the world population is projected to reach 9.7 billion by 2050, requiring a 70% increase in agricultural production to meet demand. However, traditional farming faces challenges from environmental risks, inefficient use of resources, and a costly distribution network. The solution proposed is controlled environment agriculture using indoor farms like TerraFarms, which offer production advantages like year-round harvests, higher yields, and more efficient water and land use. However, indoor farming currently faces challenges like high electricity usage, labor intensity, and limited product types. Future developments in automation, plant science, and new business models focused on selling produce rather than systems are poised to help indoor farming
The document discusses agricultural production and challenges in India. It notes that while India produces large amounts of food grains, milk, fish and vegetables, the agricultural sector faces issues like limited irrigation, a large population dependent on agriculture, low income growth for farmers, and increasing farmer indebtedness and suicide rates. It then discusses how agro-dairy farms could help address these issues by providing employment, reducing rural migration, ensuring quality standards and processing to increase farmer incomes. Drip irrigation is presented as an effective way to use water and fertilizers efficiently in farming through a localized irrigation system.
Industrial Digitisation / AgTech: Company presentation by Gal Yareden, SVP Corporate Commercial Solutions at Netafim at the NOAH Conference 2019 in Tel Aviv, Hangar 11, 10-11 April 2019.
YFN Georgia: INTA fertigation control systemsSimon Appleby
The document discusses fertigation systems for maximizing crop yields. It describes fertigation as applying fertilizers dissolved in irrigation water directly to plant roots via drip irrigation. An optimal pH of 6 is said to optimize fertilizer application and absorption. The company's fertigation mixers precisely dose water and fertilizers to control EC and pH. Sensors and controls allow automatic irrigation based on soil moisture and drainage. Radio valves and software enable remote monitoring and control. Custom systems are developed for various crops like hydroponics, nurseries, fruits and vegetables to improve water and fertilizer efficiency.
RainMaking International - Green AG, IncLarry Lipman
We Produce water from air, energy from waste and the sun and grow more food, economically than any other technology, utilizing unique vertical, climate controlled environments.
Our mission of compassion
Create Jobs
Skills training
Develop Enterprise
Provide a process to grow food in challenged climatic and economic conditions
Create water from air and waste/sun to energy
We are seeking opportunities to turn around economically deprived cities, counties, countries, and Native Tribes/First Nations by exporting food and water grown there.
This document discusses sensor based variable rate application (VRA) using the Greenseeker sensor. It provides information on calibration settings for on-the-go VRA fertilization using nitrogen response curves. Examples of decision support rules and potential savings from using VRA for haulm killing, phytophthora, and fertilizers are presented. Connecting sensor data to software solutions and farm management is also mentioned.
PS Nutraceuticals aims to ensure food security and public health through its smart farms initiative. Investors can purchase units to fund the setup of aeroponic farms growing yams or Irish potatoes. The farms are managed by PS Nutraceuticals and are expected to generate high returns within 1 year. Initial farms will be established in Nigeria with the goal of expanding trade both within Africa and globally. The initiative aims to boost agricultural efficiency, yields, and food availability through innovative farming technologies.
Hardwater Converter device for Agriculture Field Tushar Gandhi
This document describes Magnova, an eco-friendly water treatment system that addresses hard water problems. It uses a multi-stage process involving ionization, magnetization, and impulse stages to alter the physical properties of scale crystals in hard water. This prevents scale buildup and allows treated water to effectively irrigate soils and crops. Field tests show benefits like increased soil permeability, crop yields up to 40% higher, and reduced soil salinity compared to untreated hard water. The system is maintenance-free and produces no waste or harmful emissions, providing an eco-friendly solution to critical agricultural and industrial hard water issues.
The document discusses an all-in-one digital irrigation solution called Brain that allows farmers to monitor, analyze, control, and get agronomical support for their crops from any device. Brain aims to increase crop productivity while decreasing water and fertilizer use. It provides remote monitoring and control of irrigation, alerts, reports, and support to give farmers flexibility and drive efficiencies. Strategies for launching Brain include television, social media, partnering with government organizations and FPOs, and offering discounts, demos, warranties, and incentives.
IRJET- A Nobel Report on Smart Irrigation System using IoTIRJET Journal
This document presents a smart irrigation system using IoT (Internet of Things) technology. The system uses wireless sensor networks to monitor farm conditions like soil moisture, temperature, and humidity. Sensors embedded in a hardware pack collect this data and send it via IoT to an AGRO-TECH software application. Based on readings from the soil moisture sensor, the software can automatically activate sprinklers as needed to efficiently irrigate crops while conserving water. It also allows farmers to remotely monitor their farms from anywhere using a mobile app. The system aims to help farmers overcome challenges like water shortage and optimize farm management.
The document proposes an automated irrigation design and discusses its benefits over traditional irrigation methods. It begins by outlining the shortcomings of current irrigation practices, including wasteful water use and soil degradation. The proposed automated system would monitor soil moisture, temperature, humidity and other parameters to precisely control watering. A block diagram shows the sensor components and control mechanisms. Challenges in implementation include choosing reliable sensors and ensuring compatibility between parts. The system aims to save water and resources for farmers while maintaining optimal growing conditions.
Irrigation by condensation technology (NASA TEchBrief\'s Magazine technology of the month September 2008) + Root zone temperature optimization technology
Drip Irrigation is a cheap, efficient and planned process that can bring the next Green revolution in the country.
Its a potential efficient way of irrigation for the crops.It directs the water directly to the plant's root system. As it allows direct transmission of the water, it can be used in some cases to mix fertilizers and nutrients with the water that can be directly supplied to the root system of the plants.
Saves the water as the consumption decreases by 30% to 50%.
Reduces the problem of salinization and water-logging.
But its a bit expensive and there is an issue of clogging attached to it.
The document describes a greenhouse monitoring system using augmented and virtual reality. Sensors installed in the greenhouse measure parameters like moisture, humidity, temperature, pH and CO2. The sensor data is collected to a database. A mobile application acts as an interface between the user and the greenhouse, allowing the user to view sensor values in real-time using augmented reality without physically being present. This allows simultaneous monitoring of multiple greenhouses from a single location.
Reference Strips and Precision Sensors for Nitrogen Managementuiolgawalsh
This document summarizes a presentation on precision agriculture given by Olga Walsh. The presentation covered the benefits of precision agriculture for producers through tools like variable rate technology, current Idaho research projects on improving water and nitrogen use efficiency in wheat, and the future of precision agriculture with technologies like drones and robotics. Walsh discussed the concepts of yield goal versus yield potential and how crop sensors can help estimate yield potential to determine precise nitrogen needs. Reference strips and understanding common misconceptions about sensors were also covered.
IRJET-Development of Smart Irrigation SystemIRJET Journal
1. The document describes the development of a smart irrigation system that uses soil moisture sensors and a microcontroller to automate watering.
2. The system aims to improve water efficiency in agriculture by only turning on the water pump when the soil moisture falls below a set threshold.
3. Farmers can monitor the soil moisture levels and irrigation status remotely using a smartphone app that receives data from the system over WiFi.
Calculation of agro climatic factors from global climatic dataplan4all
Authors: Pavel Hájek,
Raitis Berzins , Jiří Valeš, Martin Pitoňák , Vincent
Onckelet , Tomáš Andrš, Veronika Osmiková , Ronald
Ssembajwe , Amit Kirschenbaum , Jörg Schliesser , Michal Kepka & Karel Jedlička
The document is a project report that studied the water required to grow a stem of a rose flower in a greenhouse. It monitored 40 randomly selected rose plants from budding to harvest over 52 days on average. Weather data like temperature, humidity and solar radiation were recorded daily. The plants took on average 7.5 weeks and used 63cm of water to mature. Water meters tracked the humidification water used, while irrigation amounts were kept constant. The results provide the water needs at different growth stages to efficiently manage irrigation in the greenhouses.
Controlled indoor farming on a local basisLarry Lipman
Green Organic Farms grows organic vegetables and fruits using a closed-loop vertical farming system that utilizes minimal space and resources. Their mission is to produce affordable organic produce while employing veterans and those with special needs. Their innovative system allows year-round farming without droughts or pests by using aeroponics, customized soils, and natural fertilizers to grow 6-14 times as many plants in the same space with better taste.
Precision agriculture in maize-based cropping systemsCIMMYT
Precision agriculture aims to ensure crops and soil receive exactly what they need through information technology. It can benefit the environment and farm profits by better using resources like nutrients, water, and pesticides in a spatially and temporally targeted way. Key technologies enabling precision agriculture include GPS, earth observation satellites, drones, proximal sensors, and ICT. These allow for remote sensing, variable rate application, and decision support. Precision agriculture adapted for smallholders in developing countries must address intra-farm variability and be implemented through affordable, appropriate technologies delivered via mobile apps or other ICT to optimize resource use at multiple scales.
Internet of Things group-project for Pervasive Systems course - Spring 2018 at "Sapienza Università di Roma".
The idea is to create an Android App that collects data about the positions of the fountains worldwide and a cheap monitoring system to get the quality of the water.
You can check our Github repository here:
https://github.com/WaterMApp/AndroidApp
Members:
Giuseppe Andreetti
Adriano Pimpini
Lucia Rodinò
Gabrio Tognozzi
WaterMApp is an app that collects data on water quality in drinking fountains using IoT devices for constant monitoring. It allows users to view water quality data, find fountains near them, and post comments. The goal is to ensure access to clean drinking water and reduce plastic waste from bottled water by 91% of which is not recycled each year. Users can search all available fountains, not just monitored ones, and add new fountains to the app.
Application of Soil Moisture Sensors in Agriculture: A ReviewAnchit Garg
This is the presentation of my review paper published in Proceedings of 21st International Conference on Hydraulics, Water Resources and Coastal Engineering held at CWPRS, Pune
IRJET- Autonomous Greenhouse using Internet of Things with ThingspeakIRJET Journal
This document describes an autonomous greenhouse system that uses IoT technology. The system collects data from sensors monitoring soil moisture, temperature, humidity, and light intensity. It sends this sensor data to a cloud server (ThingSpeak) via an ESP8266 WiFi module. The system then automatically controls the greenhouse environment by activating devices like water pumps, fans, and lights based on the sensor readings and pre-defined thresholds to optimize growing conditions without human intervention. The goal is to leverage IoT to reduce human effort and improve crop yields through precise environmental control in the greenhouse.
Irrigation monitoring systems optimize water use, maximize plant health and growers' profitability, by Don Talend, brand storytelling, content management and demand generation expert. Water engineering industry
Commercial & research landscape for smart irrigation systems. A survey of commercial product offerings, research prototypes and approaches to smart irrigation. I also cover the why there is such a dire need to conserve water and increase yield.
RainMaking International - Green AG, IncLarry Lipman
We Produce water from air, energy from waste and the sun and grow more food, economically than any other technology, utilizing unique vertical, climate controlled environments.
Our mission of compassion
Create Jobs
Skills training
Develop Enterprise
Provide a process to grow food in challenged climatic and economic conditions
Create water from air and waste/sun to energy
We are seeking opportunities to turn around economically deprived cities, counties, countries, and Native Tribes/First Nations by exporting food and water grown there.
This document discusses sensor based variable rate application (VRA) using the Greenseeker sensor. It provides information on calibration settings for on-the-go VRA fertilization using nitrogen response curves. Examples of decision support rules and potential savings from using VRA for haulm killing, phytophthora, and fertilizers are presented. Connecting sensor data to software solutions and farm management is also mentioned.
PS Nutraceuticals aims to ensure food security and public health through its smart farms initiative. Investors can purchase units to fund the setup of aeroponic farms growing yams or Irish potatoes. The farms are managed by PS Nutraceuticals and are expected to generate high returns within 1 year. Initial farms will be established in Nigeria with the goal of expanding trade both within Africa and globally. The initiative aims to boost agricultural efficiency, yields, and food availability through innovative farming technologies.
Hardwater Converter device for Agriculture Field Tushar Gandhi
This document describes Magnova, an eco-friendly water treatment system that addresses hard water problems. It uses a multi-stage process involving ionization, magnetization, and impulse stages to alter the physical properties of scale crystals in hard water. This prevents scale buildup and allows treated water to effectively irrigate soils and crops. Field tests show benefits like increased soil permeability, crop yields up to 40% higher, and reduced soil salinity compared to untreated hard water. The system is maintenance-free and produces no waste or harmful emissions, providing an eco-friendly solution to critical agricultural and industrial hard water issues.
The document discusses an all-in-one digital irrigation solution called Brain that allows farmers to monitor, analyze, control, and get agronomical support for their crops from any device. Brain aims to increase crop productivity while decreasing water and fertilizer use. It provides remote monitoring and control of irrigation, alerts, reports, and support to give farmers flexibility and drive efficiencies. Strategies for launching Brain include television, social media, partnering with government organizations and FPOs, and offering discounts, demos, warranties, and incentives.
IRJET- A Nobel Report on Smart Irrigation System using IoTIRJET Journal
This document presents a smart irrigation system using IoT (Internet of Things) technology. The system uses wireless sensor networks to monitor farm conditions like soil moisture, temperature, and humidity. Sensors embedded in a hardware pack collect this data and send it via IoT to an AGRO-TECH software application. Based on readings from the soil moisture sensor, the software can automatically activate sprinklers as needed to efficiently irrigate crops while conserving water. It also allows farmers to remotely monitor their farms from anywhere using a mobile app. The system aims to help farmers overcome challenges like water shortage and optimize farm management.
The document proposes an automated irrigation design and discusses its benefits over traditional irrigation methods. It begins by outlining the shortcomings of current irrigation practices, including wasteful water use and soil degradation. The proposed automated system would monitor soil moisture, temperature, humidity and other parameters to precisely control watering. A block diagram shows the sensor components and control mechanisms. Challenges in implementation include choosing reliable sensors and ensuring compatibility between parts. The system aims to save water and resources for farmers while maintaining optimal growing conditions.
Irrigation by condensation technology (NASA TEchBrief\'s Magazine technology of the month September 2008) + Root zone temperature optimization technology
Drip Irrigation is a cheap, efficient and planned process that can bring the next Green revolution in the country.
Its a potential efficient way of irrigation for the crops.It directs the water directly to the plant's root system. As it allows direct transmission of the water, it can be used in some cases to mix fertilizers and nutrients with the water that can be directly supplied to the root system of the plants.
Saves the water as the consumption decreases by 30% to 50%.
Reduces the problem of salinization and water-logging.
But its a bit expensive and there is an issue of clogging attached to it.
The document describes a greenhouse monitoring system using augmented and virtual reality. Sensors installed in the greenhouse measure parameters like moisture, humidity, temperature, pH and CO2. The sensor data is collected to a database. A mobile application acts as an interface between the user and the greenhouse, allowing the user to view sensor values in real-time using augmented reality without physically being present. This allows simultaneous monitoring of multiple greenhouses from a single location.
Reference Strips and Precision Sensors for Nitrogen Managementuiolgawalsh
This document summarizes a presentation on precision agriculture given by Olga Walsh. The presentation covered the benefits of precision agriculture for producers through tools like variable rate technology, current Idaho research projects on improving water and nitrogen use efficiency in wheat, and the future of precision agriculture with technologies like drones and robotics. Walsh discussed the concepts of yield goal versus yield potential and how crop sensors can help estimate yield potential to determine precise nitrogen needs. Reference strips and understanding common misconceptions about sensors were also covered.
IRJET-Development of Smart Irrigation SystemIRJET Journal
1. The document describes the development of a smart irrigation system that uses soil moisture sensors and a microcontroller to automate watering.
2. The system aims to improve water efficiency in agriculture by only turning on the water pump when the soil moisture falls below a set threshold.
3. Farmers can monitor the soil moisture levels and irrigation status remotely using a smartphone app that receives data from the system over WiFi.
Calculation of agro climatic factors from global climatic dataplan4all
Authors: Pavel Hájek,
Raitis Berzins , Jiří Valeš, Martin Pitoňák , Vincent
Onckelet , Tomáš Andrš, Veronika Osmiková , Ronald
Ssembajwe , Amit Kirschenbaum , Jörg Schliesser , Michal Kepka & Karel Jedlička
The document is a project report that studied the water required to grow a stem of a rose flower in a greenhouse. It monitored 40 randomly selected rose plants from budding to harvest over 52 days on average. Weather data like temperature, humidity and solar radiation were recorded daily. The plants took on average 7.5 weeks and used 63cm of water to mature. Water meters tracked the humidification water used, while irrigation amounts were kept constant. The results provide the water needs at different growth stages to efficiently manage irrigation in the greenhouses.
Controlled indoor farming on a local basisLarry Lipman
Green Organic Farms grows organic vegetables and fruits using a closed-loop vertical farming system that utilizes minimal space and resources. Their mission is to produce affordable organic produce while employing veterans and those with special needs. Their innovative system allows year-round farming without droughts or pests by using aeroponics, customized soils, and natural fertilizers to grow 6-14 times as many plants in the same space with better taste.
Precision agriculture in maize-based cropping systemsCIMMYT
Precision agriculture aims to ensure crops and soil receive exactly what they need through information technology. It can benefit the environment and farm profits by better using resources like nutrients, water, and pesticides in a spatially and temporally targeted way. Key technologies enabling precision agriculture include GPS, earth observation satellites, drones, proximal sensors, and ICT. These allow for remote sensing, variable rate application, and decision support. Precision agriculture adapted for smallholders in developing countries must address intra-farm variability and be implemented through affordable, appropriate technologies delivered via mobile apps or other ICT to optimize resource use at multiple scales.
Internet of Things group-project for Pervasive Systems course - Spring 2018 at "Sapienza Università di Roma".
The idea is to create an Android App that collects data about the positions of the fountains worldwide and a cheap monitoring system to get the quality of the water.
You can check our Github repository here:
https://github.com/WaterMApp/AndroidApp
Members:
Giuseppe Andreetti
Adriano Pimpini
Lucia Rodinò
Gabrio Tognozzi
WaterMApp is an app that collects data on water quality in drinking fountains using IoT devices for constant monitoring. It allows users to view water quality data, find fountains near them, and post comments. The goal is to ensure access to clean drinking water and reduce plastic waste from bottled water by 91% of which is not recycled each year. Users can search all available fountains, not just monitored ones, and add new fountains to the app.
Application of Soil Moisture Sensors in Agriculture: A ReviewAnchit Garg
This is the presentation of my review paper published in Proceedings of 21st International Conference on Hydraulics, Water Resources and Coastal Engineering held at CWPRS, Pune
IRJET- Autonomous Greenhouse using Internet of Things with ThingspeakIRJET Journal
This document describes an autonomous greenhouse system that uses IoT technology. The system collects data from sensors monitoring soil moisture, temperature, humidity, and light intensity. It sends this sensor data to a cloud server (ThingSpeak) via an ESP8266 WiFi module. The system then automatically controls the greenhouse environment by activating devices like water pumps, fans, and lights based on the sensor readings and pre-defined thresholds to optimize growing conditions without human intervention. The goal is to leverage IoT to reduce human effort and improve crop yields through precise environmental control in the greenhouse.
Irrigation monitoring systems optimize water use, maximize plant health and growers' profitability, by Don Talend, brand storytelling, content management and demand generation expert. Water engineering industry
Commercial & research landscape for smart irrigation systems. A survey of commercial product offerings, research prototypes and approaches to smart irrigation. I also cover the why there is such a dire need to conserve water and increase yield.
Protecting stored grain - Digital monitoring sensors protect grain investmentsMilling and Grain magazine
For those who work in the grain industry, battling the natural elements to grow a bountiful crop is only half of the challenge. Monitoring and maintaining post-harvest grain stored in silos, flat storage warehouses and piles is a difficult process.
The document discusses challenges facing global food production and proposes a solution called Agrosmart. Key challenges include the need to increase food production 70% by 2050 using less resources given problems like water scarcity, climate change, and degraded land. Agrosmart monitors crop fields using various sensors to measure environmental conditions, combines this with satellite data and weather forecasts, and provides farmers online access to real-time data and recommendations. This helps farmers increase yields while reducing water and other inputs in a sustainable way. The system uses a mesh network to transmit sensor data from each field segment to inform tailored recommendations per plot.
IRJET- Irrigation System for Greenland using Soil Moisture SensorIRJET Journal
This document presents a smart irrigation system that uses soil moisture sensors and a microcontroller to automate watering. The system monitors soil moisture levels using a hygrometer sensor connected to an Arduino Uno microcontroller. When the soil moisture drops below a threshold, the Arduino triggers a water pump. A Raspberry Pi records sensor readings over time in a CSV file. This file is uploaded to the cloud, allowing remote monitoring of soil moisture levels and plant conditions. The automated system aims to improve water and energy efficiency in irrigation while ensuring healthy plant growth without constant human presence.
Renewable Energy and Sustainability - GineersNow Engineering MagazineGineersNow
GineersNow Renewable Green Leaders Issue 001
Renewable Green Leaders Magazine: Meet the Heroes of Renewables and Clean Energy
Exclusive: EKOenergy, REN21, WWEA, Dubai Sustainable City, IRENA, Ericsson, ABB
Special Feature Stories: Bio energy, Geothermal energy, Hydro energy, Green buildings, Recycle, Solar, Sustainability, Upcycle, Energy storage, Tidal energy, Waste management, Wind energy, Circular Economy, Power generation, Cogeneration
Country Focus: China, United States, Canada, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, United Kingdom, Singapore, Hong Kong, Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, India, Australia.
More engineering stories at https://www.gineersnow.com/topics/magazines
This document summarizes Sara Beery's experience interning at John Deere and her introduction to technological advances in modern farming. It describes how sensors connected to John Deere's Field Connect system allow farmers to remotely monitor soil conditions, track yields, and make timely decisions. This data-driven approach improves crop quality and reduces costs by optimizing water and fertilizer use. Autonomous tractors and other automated technologies further increase yields while minimizing environmental impacts. Agricultural technology will be crucial to meet the world's growing food demands in a sustainable way.
Precision agriculture involves collecting data about variability within fields in order to make targeted management decisions on a sub-field level. This allows for more efficient use of inputs like fertilizer and chemicals by varying application rates within a single field based on differences in soil type, crop growth, and other factors. While the concept has existed for hundreds of years, recent technologies like GPS, GIS, sensors, and data analysis software have enabled much more precise data collection and implementation at scale. Potential benefits include cost savings from reduced input usage, improved environmental stewardship, and increased economic returns through optimized field management.
Dr. B. L. Sinha discusses the history and definition of precision agriculture. Precision agriculture has been practiced for hundreds of years through adaptations like the transition from horse-drawn plows to tractors. In recent decades, technology like GPS, GIS systems, and remote sensing has allowed for more precise data collection and analysis at subfield levels. This enables variable applications tailored to spatial and temporal variability in fields. By improving efficiency and reducing waste, precision agriculture benefits farmers through increased profits and more sustainable practices.
1) Smart ICT technologies like mobile phones and web portals can provide smallholder farmers in Africa with weather, water, and agricultural advisories to help improve resilience to climate change.
2) The International Water Management Institute has developed systems to provide near real-time climate, vegetation, and water information via SMS and online to help farmers, irrigation boards, and others make better management decisions.
3) The concept involves monitoring crop conditions in registered farmer fields using high-resolution satellite data and sending simple regular advisories on water and inputs via SMS to optimize farm profits.
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How Satellite Terminals can Best Serve the Agri Sector - Kevin Maher - Sigfox...KTN
On Wednesday 20 November 2019, The Satellite Terminals Working Group (STWG), organised by Sven Knowles of KTN, chaired by Simon Watts of Avanti on behalf of the STWG, and hosted by Les Hurdiss of Agri-EPI Centre, held a successful meeting of Satcom (Satellite Communications) and Agriculture professionals to discuss and identify the technology needs, challenges and possible solutions in for Satcoms in Agri-tech systems.
With rapid innovation among antenna and terminal technologies, Satcom services are becoming accessible to a much wider range of users. They can provide communications and data services to remote locations, they are more easily installed, and can be integrated directly into equipment.
Alejandro Nin-Pratt, Jawoo Koo, and David J Spielman, International Food Policy Research Institute
Presented at the ReSAKSS-Asia conference “Agriculture and Rural Transformation in Asia: Past Experiences and Future Opportunities”. An international conference jointly organized by ReSAKSS-Asia, IFPRI, TDRI, and TVSEP project of Leibniz Universit Hannover with support from USAID and Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) at the Dusit Thani Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand December 12–14, 2017.
Precision agriculture involves collecting data about variability within fields in order to make targeted management decisions in smaller subfield areas. It utilizes technologies like GPS, GIS, yield monitors, and remote sensing to gather and analyze spatial and temporal data on factors like soil composition, crop yields, and pest populations. This allows for more efficient and environmentally friendly practices like variable rate application of inputs tailored to each subfield's specific needs, reducing costs and increasing yields. While the concept has existed for hundreds of years, recent technological advances have enabled much finer-scale data collection and analysis, driving improved management precision.
[Webinar recording in last slide or at https://youtu.be/DMg9UI7Ur0M, 26/3/2018]
As part of its work on farmers’ data rights and following up on the face-to-face course on Farmers’ Access to Data organized in Centurion in November 2017, GFAR collaborates with the Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition initiative (GODAN) and the Technical Center for Agricultural and Rural Cooperarion (CTA) on a series of webinars on data-driven agriculture, its opportunities and its challenges.
Overview of webinar #3
This webinar is a continuation of exploring digital agriculture for smallholder farmers. The first webinar provided an overview of digital agriculture, the trends impacting it, and it advantages and challenges for smallholder farmers. The second identified specific data needed by farmers, as well as potential sources.
“Crossing the Donga” will provide smallholder farmers, and those who support them, specific methods for ensuring farmer-centric solutions. The webinar will examine some of the key challenges that are blocking adoption of digital architecture by smallholder farmers. Attendees will learn a process for mapping their data needs, based on their goals and key tasks. Attendees will learn the foundational market model, and how to create value for success.
About the presenter
Dan Berne is a highly regarded professional business growth strategist with over 30 years’ experience. Dan led the effort to create an Ag Irrigation market strategy for the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA). He also conducted grower experience studies to help identify barriers to grower adoption of energy saving practices. Dan wrote or co-wrote many of the NEEA Ag Irrigation reports. Dan serves as the Project Manager on AgGateway’s Precision Ag Irrigation Language data standards project. He is an affiliate of the Chasm Institute, and a certified practitioner of Innovation Games.
Dan started the “Lagom Ag Initiative” within his company to help accelerate the adoption of precision farming practices and improve the use of digital agricultural methodologies. Lagom is a Swedish word that means “just enough.” It is also used to mean “simply perfect.” It fits our philosophy of helping farmers use just enough water, just enough fertilizers, just enough energy to be profitable while increasing or maintaining yield.
Big Data for Building Inclusive Agriculture in Dry Areas ICARDA
25 to 30 August. The World Water Week in Stockholm is an annual focal point for the globe’s water issues. Organized by the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI), and supported by the United Nations water programs.
Wednesday 28 August
“Big data for all”, can it help improve agricultural productivity?
Dacom provides agri yield management solutions using sensor technology and models to optimize crop yields and reduce costs like water and fungicide usage. Their solutions include weather stations, sensors, and apps that provide irrigation and disease control advice. One project in South Africa helped small farmers optimize chemical use and yields using text message advisories. Dacom has many partners and develops their own biological models to determine infection risks and provide nationwide warning systems to thousands of farmers.
Hyflux Water and Wastewater Technology - GineersNow Engineering MagazineGineersNow
GineersNow Water Leaders Magazine Issue 001
Water and Wastewater Leaders Magazine: Hyflux, Olivia Lum, Executive Chairman and CEO, Trends in Water Technology
Exclusive: Hyflux Water
Special Feature Stories: Chemicals, controls, desalination, EDR, filtration, nano filtration, ultra filtration, membranes, plumbing, MEP, mechanical, electrical, pumps, pipes, reverse osmosis, storage, valves
Country Focus: China, United States, Canada, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, United Kingdom, Singapore, Hong Kong, Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, India, Australia, Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar.
More engineering stories at https://www.gineersnow.com/topics/magazines
Encryption in Microsoft 365 - ExpertsLive Netherlands 2024Albert Hoitingh
In this session I delve into the encryption technology used in Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Purview. Including the concepts of Customer Key and Double Key Encryption.
In the rapidly evolving landscape of technologies, XML continues to play a vital role in structuring, storing, and transporting data across diverse systems. The recent advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) present new methodologies for enhancing XML development workflows, introducing efficiency, automation, and intelligent capabilities. This presentation will outline the scope and perspective of utilizing AI in XML development. The potential benefits and the possible pitfalls will be highlighted, providing a balanced view of the subject.
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Securing your Kubernetes cluster_ a step-by-step guide to success !
ConnectedCrops
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Real-Time Alerts
Directly From Your Farm
To Your Smartphone
Precise farming Decisions
Solutions for Berries, Vineyards, Soft Fruits and vegetables
2. Detect & Respond To
Frost Conditions
Proactively
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Reduce
Water consumption
Real-time
Data To Your
Smartphone
Improve
Crop Health
And Yield
Determine
Ideal Irrigation Schedule
Extend
Growing Season
Track
Weather Data
Eliminate
Fertilizer Leaching
Trigger
Alerts
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Technology
Sensors
Air Temperature
Soil Moisture
Configure Stations
Generate Rules
Setup Attributes
View Real-time Data
Mobile App
Weather Station
Solar Powered
Cellular
4. Need
Growers are looking for methods and technologies
to:
Increase production
Increase growth period by sowing early
Irrigate effectively during fruition
Detect frost conditions
Cut water wastage
Detect plant stress before it becomes visible
Control fertilizer application
Current Situation
Most technologies in the market are complicated to
install and use.
• Current solutions are geared towards government or
academic research
• Most of them require cables around the field
• Do not provide real-time visibility. Still rely on data
loggers for manual data extraction
• Require specialized installers to install correctly.
The Need
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5. Standard Sensor Solution
Temperature & Irrigation
Solution Bundles
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Inversion Measurement
Dual Level Temperature
Advanced Irrigation
Dual Level Irrigation
6. Pillitteri is the largest estate producer of Icewines in the world. Presently grows 14
varieties of grapes for table wines and Icewines that have produced over 800 award
winning wines in the last 25 years.
The Challenge
Weather is a critical factor to vine survival and grape quality. Icewine harvest and fruit bud
survival are determined by often a couple of degrees Celsius, so timing is critical.
• The earlier cables solution could only connect to areas with electricity or a dedicated phone
line.
• Extended cables got damaged from farm equipment and portability was difficult.
• With a one kilometer long vineyard, significant temperature variations were observed from the
one end by the buildings to the other.
The Solution
Pillitteri added the ConnectedCrops wireless, portable station. This has enabled them to more
accurately find which vineyard or block is colder, determine which wind machine to start first and
to monitor grape temperatures while harvesting Icewine. Also, critically, they can locate sensors
from top to bottom of any wind machine or tower for the app to let them know if there is regular
temperature inversions or rapid ones.
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Because of its inherent mobility, I can travel to any destination in the
world that has a cell signal, and enjoy life a little better with a quick look
at my app from ConnectedCrops Weather Stations.
– Jamie Slingerland, CROWNED 2015 GRAPE KING.
Case Study
Pillitteri Estates Winery
Pillitteri Estates Winery
7. Fruit farm located in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario for over 40 years. Kauzlaric
farms grow a variety of different fruit selections, including Apples, Apricots,
Peaches, Grapes, Pears and Plums.
The Challenge
Kauzlaric Family Farms installed a drip irrigation system in 2009 to decrease the cost of
irrigation. Throughout the season, they would struggle to determine how much water was needed
at different times of the day.
• Decided to move away from ‘estimating’.
• Participated in an water use efficiency study with OMAFRA (Ontario Ministry of Agriculture,
Food and Rural Affairs) in order to understand how the system was operating and the field
capacity of the soils that could retain water for optimal tree/vine growth with the diverse soil
requirements.
The Solution
With their fast-paced production cycle, they can now monitor real-time soil and air temperature
readings through the ConnectedCrops app that runs on smartphone. They can set up thresholds
to know when to turn on the irrigation system based on the soil moisture readings – less effort;
increased water use efficiency and no more guessing!
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Case Study
Kauzlaric Family Farms
The ConnectedCrops solution is now a key tool for our farm to
improve crop yield and quality, reduce irrigation costs and allows
me to focus on other areas of the production cycle.
– Fred Kauzlaric
Kauzlaric Family Farms
8. Involved in Agriculture, specializing in Agronomy and Crop Production, for 30+
years. He shares his knowledge and experience over the years educating the
community and individuals with interest in both large and small scale farming.
The Challenge
• Fresh market vegetable and fruit farmers are in search of every opportunity to increase the
precision
• Maximizing yields and crop quality is of major importance in today’s markets.
ConnectedCrops offered an opportunity to demonstrate and field test the Advanced Irrigation Unit
to measure soil water content in real time. Cooperating with Dan Roelofs of Arden Farms and in
his own educational garden located in East Aurora, NY; he measured soil moisture and modified
low-flow and overhead irrigation schedules in response to the ConnectedCrops app and solar
powered monitoring system.
Recommendation
ConnectedCrops software and hardware sensors are practical and cost effective solutions for
farmers, gardeners, foresters, nut grove developers, and other agriculturalists. Such applications
seem to be concrete steps towards reducing water, chemical fertilizers, insecticides, and
pesticides use, making more efficient use of any such uses, potential for boosting nutritional value
of editable food, while reducing costs for all producers in the local and national food supply chain.
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Case Study
John Deibel - Agronomist
I recommend any grower who needs better site-specific,
precision measurements of temperature and moisture to use
these new and affordable tools from ConnectedCrops.
– John Deibel
John Deibel