ICT and Automation for Low Input & Reduced Traffic Agriculture in Irregular Sloped Pastures

Project information

ICT and Automation for Low Input & Reduced Traffic Agriculture in Irregular Sloped Pastures

Call: Farm Management Systems for Precision Farming

Id: 37472

Acronym: HELIOS

Duration: 

1 January, 2018 to 30 June, 2019

Consortium:
No Partner Contact Country Total
1000€
Funded
1000€
Funder
1 Coord.East Mediterranean Agricultural Research Institute / ADANA
Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock
Ugur SevilmisTurkey193.0193.0General Directorate of Agricultural Research and Policies
Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock
2PMF Research LtdSonia MerloItaly4.00.0None
3Inventya Ventures (EU) LtdAusra LingyteIreland3.00.0None

Summary: 

Project is targeting to implement a pilot project to increase animal production and accelerate rural socio-economic development by precision (low input & reduced traffic) fertilization of irregular sloped mountainous pastures by using ICT and automation. Project will create a platform that integrates and harmonizes existing software and hardware technologies into a single system for pasture management. The proposed system combine a set of data on soil and crop together with auxiliary data on topography, and land use to delineate management zones to sustainable increase in yield at reduced input conditions. Will analyse and handle multi-source and multi-sensor information on soil and crops like geospatial data and knowledge. For this aim, aerial fertilization and seeding by helicopters will be conducted in pilot areas. Will establish a strategic basic network to implement wider scale projects. Another target is to take attention of policy makers to rural development.

Project progress and results: 

Expected start 1 Jan 2018

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