Geospatial ICT infrastructure for agricultural machines and FMIS in planning and operation of precision farming
Project information
Geospatial ICT infrastructure for agricultural machines and FMIS in planning and operation of precision farmingCall: Integrated ICT and automation for sustainable agricultural production
Id: 34800
Acronym: GeoWebAgri
Duration:
Consortium:
| No | Partner | Contact | Country | Total 1000€ | Funded 1000€ | Funder |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Coord. | School of Electrical Engineering School of Science and Technology Aalto University | Ilkka Seilonen | Finland | 116.0 | 91.0 | Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry |
| 2 | Professorship for Geodesy and Geoinformatics Chair of Geodesy and Geoinformatics Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Rostock University | Ralf Bill | Germany | 64.2 | 64.2 | Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture |
| 3 | Plant production technology Crop Technology Plant Production Research Senior Research Scientist MTT Agrifood Research Finland | Sirpa Thessler | Finland | 45.3 | 30.0 | Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry |
| 4 | Department of Engineering Aarhus School of Engineering Aarhus University | Claus Sørensen | Denmark | 76.2 | 76.2 | Danish AgriFish Agency Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries |
| 5 | Plantproduction Cattle Web & IT Knowledge Centre for Agriculture | Jens Bligaard | Denmark | 20.3 | 20.3 | Danish AgriFish Agency Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries |
| 6 | University Hohenheim - Institute of Agricultural Engineering | Roland Gerhards | Germany | 65.0 | 65.0 | Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture |
Summary:
The overall aim of the GeoWebAgri-project is to analyse and develop an ICT infrastructure for handling geospatial data and knowledge both in agricultural machines and farm management information systems (FMIS) and promote the introduction of this technology in European software and automation products for agriculture. The technology is studied particularly in the context of spatial data infrastructures (SDI) for the planning and operation of precision agriculture in arable farming. This overall objective can be divided into four specific objectives. The first objective is to specify an ICT infrastructure for handling geospatial data both in agricultural machines and FMIS as a continued development of current systems. This specification will be the baseline for subsequent work. The second objective is to confirm the viability of the challenging parts of the specified ICT infrastructure with proof of concept implementations. The third objective is to evaluate the impact of the possible application of the specified ICT infrastructure on farming objectives. A special focus in the evaluation is on reduced environmental effects through the use of precision agriculture in arable farming. The fourth objective is, based on the results of the project, to enhance the knowledge of European software vendors about the applicability and possible benefits of ICT for geospatial applications in agriculture.
