FIP

Project information
To support the growing demand for livestock products agriculture production should be intensified. However, intensification is confronted with grassland degradation (overgrazing) and with the reduction of grass, meat and milk production due to drought and heat waves. Furthermore, intensification is threatened as there is less herdsman and many of them are lacking traditional pasture management knowledge or having hard time to intensify their extensive farms. On the other hand there are many potential new sources of scientific data and new information-technology-communication tools (ITC) which are unutilized so far in the livestock systems. There are sensors available to track the movement of animals (GPS, telemetry), follow their health condition (temperature, bio acoustic) or to geo-localize them through GIS based maps. Furthermore, collecting local and regional weather data became easier and cheaper than ever before. Remote sensed multispectral images (satellite, drone images) or field based photos (animal camera) could be available to investigate grassland productivity. Herd management data (livestock unit number LSU, feed requirements, health stage etc.) are usually stored in book entries in which modification are difficult to make. Farmers have a huge responsibility above their animals and their product. To ensure milk or meat quality and to sustain grassland productivity farmers needs to consider many aspects at the same time (such as grassland productivity, herd size, animal health, weather and soil condition etc) even if they are lacking of knowledge in certain areas. Knowing the exact position of the animals (over-under grazed sites, breeding and calving sites) and shepherding them is crucial, yet it is time-consuming and labor-intensive work. Our application (FIP, Future Internet Pasture) is an integrated solution for precise pasture management.
Project partners: 
Juravet Kft.
Heliszolg Kft.
Project dates: 
March 2014 to September 2016
Contact
Contact person: 
Ildikó Sátori
Contact email: 
Contact organisation: 
Juravet Kft.
Funding
Funding agency: 
SmartAgriFood FIWARE accelerator
Grant: 
k€100
Total budget: 
k€133