DEcision Support system for Smart Agriculture

Descrizione del progetto

Un sistema basato sull’Internet delle cose al servizio di pratiche agricole sicure e sostenibili

L’applicazione eccessiva e incontrollata di prodotti chimici per l’agricoltura si ripercuote negativamente sia sull’ambiente che sulla salute umana. La contaminazione delle acque e del suolo nonché la morte di specie non-bersaglio costituiscono solo alcuni aspetti degli impatti ambientali, mentre è stato comprovato il forte legame tra pesticidi e cancerogenesi. Il progetto DESSA, finanziato dall’UE, fornirà un sistema basato sull’Internet delle cose che offre agli agricoltori informazioni precise e specifiche per l’azienda agricola relative alle applicazioni per la protezione delle piante a seconda delle condizioni dell’azienda. Il sistema di DESSA favorirà un aumento nella resa delle colture, una diminuzione nell’impiego di prodotti chimici per l’agricoltura e un notevole risparmio economico per gli agricoltori.

Obiettivo

Fertilizers and conventional pesticides have been used in agriculture to improve crop yield and control plant pests. However, the excessive and uncontrolled application of agrochemicals has had a negative side effect on both environment and human health. Contamination of water and soil as well as death of non-target species are a few of the environmental effects whilst these pesticides have carcinogenic effects on humans. The EU implemented Directive 128/2009 on Sustainable Use of Pesticides, which incorporates a crop protection practice called Integrated Pest Management (IPM). Rather than solely relying on agrochemicals, in IPM all plant protection measures are considered jointly with the necessary actions that prevent pest population growth. IPM is complex and farmers require decision support systems to assist them in making the best choice about plant protection measures to be taken. Our consortium – agricultural expert Agri2000 Net and ICT/IT specialist 3CiME Technology – has created DESSA, a service which provides accurate, farm-specific information to farmers on the plant protection actions to be performed based on farm conditions. Our system is IoT based and consists of sensors placed on the farm which measure key parameters (e.g. pest/spore presence, humidity, moisture). These parameters are input into cloud-based software that incorporates plant models that have been constructed using Agri2000 Net’s years of agricultural research on plant. The software consists of algorithms that process the data and output to the farmer, in a user-friendly manner on smart devices, the exact measures that must be performed. The decision support is given to the farmer in real-time, based on the conditions on each farm. DESSA results in 15-20% increased plant productivity, 10-30% reduced agrochemical use and 10-30% financial savings for farmers. With this project, our consortium will generate cumulative profit of €8.56 million and ROI of 5.96 by the 5th year of launch.

Campo scientifico

Programma(i)

Argomento(i)

EIC-SMEInst-2018-2020 - SME instrument

Invito a presentare proposte

H2020-EIC-SMEInst-2018-2020

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Bando secondario

H2020-SMEInst-2018-2020-1

Meccanismo di finanziamento

SME-1 - SME instrument phase 1

Coordinatore

3CIME TECHNOLOGY SRL

Contribution nette de l'UE

€ 50 000,00

Indirizzo

VIA DI CORTICELLA 89-89/2
40128 BOLOGNA
Italia

PMI

Sì

Regione

Nord-Est Emilia-Romagna Bologna

Tipo di attività

Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)

Collegamenti

Contatta l’organizzazione

Partecipazione a programmi di R&I dell'UE

Rete di collaborazione HORIZON

Costo totale

€ 71 429,00

Partecipanti (1)

AGRI 2000 NET SRL

Italia