Remote monitoring and control systems used in agriculture, in the context of "precision agriculture", can be seen as an aid to the farmer for saving transportation costs to the field, taking action in case something changes in the field such as a sudden drop in temperature, forecasting plants diseases and optimizing irrigation procedures and energy consumption.
In Digigrow we have developed a device to be installed in or near cultivations to monitor environmental variables such as temperature, air humidity, wind speed, luminosity etc. The device is easy to install and to use and connects to the internet either via a Wifi or 3G network. The user can then access the data through a web-service, view it in real-time and historically, and control other electronic or electrical devices connected to the device such as a water pumps, water valves and various types of switches.
As part of the SmartAgriFood &ICT-AGRI call for funding, we propose to integrate FIWare generic enablers to our existing web-service and expose the resulting functionality as Widgets and Operators in FISpace. More specifically we are planning to utilize Orion Context Broker and Cosmos BigData Analysis.
Following the software development which will be our main focus during Stage 1 (Prototyping), since the development of the device has been finalized as of the submission of the application, we are planning to perform end-user trials during Stage 2 with our proposed partners for this project in three (3) European countries:
U.K. - Greenwatt Technology (greenwatt.co.uk)
Sweden - LRF (lrf.se/In-English)
Greece - Stevia-Hellas (stevianet.gr)
Project partners:
Digigrow Electronics
Lantbrukarnas Riksförbund Ale Kommungrupp
Stevia Hellas coop
Greenwatt Technology
Agro-Know