AGRISENSACT: A new generation of wireless sensors for integrated precise agriculture
The increasing demand for more agricultural products forced farmers to adopt resource-intensive and unsustainable practices which increased economic and environmental costs. Precision agriculture (PA), one of the most significant advancement in agriculture since the advent of mechanization, allows considering the spatial and temporal needs of soil and crop to maximize production and profitability while minimizing risk. Wireless sensors networks have recently emerged as one of the key technologies to implement precision agriculture and have already been applied to precision irrigation, the application of water to a given site in a volume and at a time needed for optimum crop production.
The AGRISENSACT initiative worked to establish an integrated precision agriculture system to better manage crops. The system is based on the AgriProbe concept, a modular device that can be tailored for many specific agricultural applications.
Three different types of soil sensors were integrated in the soil module and consequently added to the probe for field tests in the Matarromera vineyards, allowing measuring four different parameters such as: soil moisture, soil temperature, pH and soil electrical conductivity. Regarding Atmospheric Sensor Module (ASM), the air humidity plus air temperature sensor was successfully placed inside the module, ready for sending data in real time. Concerning the power generation scheme, thermoelectricity has been considered a promising candidate for powering remote sensors systems. Testing the module in the field provided valuable information regarding the overall system performance, efficiency and network reliability
See also: https://smart-akis.com/SFCPPortal/#/app-h/technologies?techid=71
Smart-AKIS: European Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems (AKIS) towards innovation-driven research
in Smart Farming Technology
Ongoing | 2016-2018
in Smart Farming Technology
- Main funding source
- Horizon 2020 (EU Research and Innovation Programme)
- Geographical location
- Greece