Engineering Innovation in
Smart Agriculture
Lowering costs and environmental impacts by improving production yields: our research project to increase the accuracy and continuity of Precision Agriculture services.
Approach & Solution
Approach
The world needs to increase the efficiency of food production as the the global population expansion poses the need for more food. In fact, world food demand is expected to increase by 70% by 2050. However, at the same time, there is a need to ensure the sustainable management and conservation of natural resources while taking actions to mitigate climate change.
Agriculture is a key sector of Europe's economy and society with 175 million hectares of used agricultural area and 22 million people involved in agriculture production. European products are known for their high-quality, a recognition that is further sustained by the European agricultural product Quality Policy.
Agriculture is a key sector of Europe's economy and society with 175 million hectares of used agricultural area and 22 million people involved in agriculture production. European products are known for their high-quality, a recognition that is further sustained by the European agricultural product Quality Policy.
Solution
AgriBIT exploits heterogeneous data deriving from various sources to support professional applications of Precision Agriculture. It builds upon a combination of technologies, such as Earth Observation data, Unmanned Vehicles, communication schemes, autonomous navigation methods, linked together in a unified platform using GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) features.
AgriBIT delivers operational services (i.e. three GNSS enabling services, 8 PA GNSS enabled services), one high precision and affordable GNSS receiver, collaboration services like Big Data Analytics API and Precision Agriculture API and a fully open approach. This project has received funding from the European Union Agency for the Space Programme under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101004259.
AgriBIT delivers operational services (i.e. three GNSS enabling services, 8 PA GNSS enabled services), one high precision and affordable GNSS receiver, collaboration services like Big Data Analytics API and Precision Agriculture API and a fully open approach. This project has received funding from the European Union Agency for the Space Programme under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101004259.
Results
Open service-oriented platform with intelligent analytics
Bundle of PA services for farmers and farm advisors
High precision Galileo and EGNOSS GNSS receiver
Improved AI-driven Decision Support System
Community platform for collaboration services API
Project value
Cost cutting
Process performance
Visibility
Innovation
Enabling Technologies
AI Advanced Analytics
IoT
Project Team
Research & Innovation