Soil-sensor enhanced fertilization strategies
The project INSPIRE will develop novel nutrient sensors, which can be incorporated in agricultural soils and produce high-resolution data on current nutrient levels. The project will explore the best ways to incorporate this data into a cloud-based decision support tool and the effectiveness of the derived fertilization strategies in terms of environmental and economic performance.
The project INSPIRE will develop novel nutrient sensors, which can be incorporated in agricultural soils and produce high-resolution data on current nutrient levels. The project will explore the best ways to incorporate this data into a cloud-based decision support tool and the effectiveness of the derived fertilization strategies in terms of environmental and economic performance.
Losses of nutrients from agricultural soils into the environment lead to problems such as groundwater contamination or eutrophication in surface waters. Also, low nitrogen use efficiency translates into economic losses for farmers.
Soil sensors capable of deterimining soil nutrient levels and communicating the data to a cloud-based platform to enhance data basis for more precise fertilization strategies.
The project has just started will begin research on sensor development and sensor data integration.
