AgriEagle: Drone-assisted precision farming via disposable sensors and low cost hyperspectral imagers

Project information
Precision Agriculture is becoming a hot topic in the research community as intrigued stakeholders investigate novel ways to improve farming practices with the introduction of sensing and communication technologies. Recently there has been particular interest in the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) for observing large areas of farmland that would otherwise be done on foot or in a relatively large wheel-based vehicle. While smart sensing probes, observation drones and data collection/presentation technologies are certainly useful in their own right, combining the technologies into complete Precision Agriculture systems opens up a wealth of new business opportunities for system developers, in very large local and global markets. The AgriEagle project aims to develop cutting edge precision farming technologies by harnessing the mobility of unmanned aerial vehicles, the novel remote sensor technologies, the connectivity of cyber physical systems and the precise data collection of agricultural sensors. The AgriEagle platform aims to enable farmers to remotely monitor the health of soil and plant matter, create more efficient irrigation/chemical treatment strategies and thus maximise the crop yield.
Project partners: 
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd
Project dates: 
June 2016 to November 2016
Contact
Contact person: 
Jere Kaivosoja
Contact email: 
Contact organisation: 
Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke)
Funding
Funding agency: 
Tekes – the Finnish Funding Agency for Innovation
Grant: 
k€150000
Total budget: 
k€150000