This project is funded by the innovation program of the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL), funding agency is the Federal Office for Agriculture and Food (BLE). Collaborative project: Development of a low-priced miniaturized mid-infrared (MIR)-Sensor for integrated area-wide slurry management According to the guideline of the BMEL about promoting innovations in agricultural engineering, the project aims to develop low-priced miniaturized mid-infrared (MIR)-Sensors as well as the accompanying control technology and a data infrastructure for the realization of an area-wide slu

The truly innovative idea of this partnership is to integrate data from distributed information sources to provide new technologies, solutions and cultivation techniques for modern high yielding and low emis-sion precision farming. The com-mercial output targets optimization of key operations in the cropping cycle by balancing profitability for the farmer with risk of unintended emissions from fields and subsur-face.

We are investigating the application of UAV in the landscape context in order to drive regulatory compliance and business performance.