Precision agriculture (PA) is a modern agricultural management concept that uses digital techniques to monitor and optimize agricultural production processes. Rather than applying the same amount of fertilizer to the whole field or feeding the animal herd with the same amount of feed, the PA concept proposes measuring the difference in conditions (humidity, soil composition, etc.) within the field, or estimate the difference in individual animal needs and adapt the fertilization, harvesting strategy or optimize feeding for each animal accordingly. PA methods are based mainly on a combination of new sensor technologies, satellite navigation and positioning technologies, and the Internet of things. For example, the UAV field scanning method with a multi-spectral camera is widely used to estimate the green density of the land. The data from such a scan is used to obtain the NDVI (Normalized Difference Vegetation Index). This is a dimensionless index that describes the difference between the reflectance of vegetation cover in the visible and near infrared ranges and can be used to estimate the density of greenery on piece of land. PA is designed to increase the quantity and quality of agricultural products with less use of resources (water, energy, fertilizers, pesticides, etc.)
The purpose of multispectral analysis in agriculture is to improve the efficiency and health of plants in hard-to-reach areas of the earth. Regular analysis of NDVI helps to track changes in agriculture, as well as to monitor land fertility. It also describes vegetation density, which allows botanists to evaluate plant germination and growth status, as well as soil productivity.
Today it is difficult to imagine work in agriculture without using of special machines. Tractors are able to perform a variety of tasks in different road conditions, so they are used not only in agriculture, but also for communal purposes, on construction areas, on farms, in forestry.
With the development of technologies for agriculture, increased productivity, a decrease in the average land area per farmer and a growing trend towards specialized farms becoming agricultural complexes, the demand for small, Multifunctional and mobile machines made possible by their compact size the general name «minitractor».
IDRAK Technology Transfer can offer a wide range of mini tractors with the following specifications:
The «BrumeID» Cold Fog Generator developed by IDRAK Technology Transfer is one of the most modern and effective devices for combating bacteria, insect pests, treating plants and horticultural crops, distributing fertilizers over long distances in greenhouses and outdoors.
BrumeID cold fog generators work according to different principles, depending on the application scenarios. Ultrasound technology breaks the working solution into droplets using ultrasound, the electrically driven technology generates fog by injecting the working solution into an air jet pumped from outside by a compressor.
It is possible to study the level of vegetation health in crop fields using a map with different shades of colors corresponding to the NDVI distribution.
The UAV can spray pesticides on certain areas of the crop field depending on the results of the NDVI analysis or for preventive purposes. This method helps to save time and money for processing plants.
The UAV can prevent and eliminate potential risks by regularly monitoring agricultural land.
An agrorobot is a robot that is used to automate processes in agriculture such as irrigation; spraying of chemical fertilizers, pesticides, insecticides; weed removal, etc.
During cultivation and harvesting, the Agrorobot can move around the field at coordinates received from the operator or in standalone mode. In standalone mode, the coordinates are transmitted to the robot from the Intelligent Agriculture System server. Data from video and multispectral cameras mounted on unmanned aerial vehicles and the robots themselves are transmitted to the computing center. As a result of their processing, appropriate maps of the distribution of indicators (for example, the Normalized Delta Germination Index) on the ground are created. According to the maps, a work plan is created on which the operations envisaged for the execution of the Robot are tied to the coordinates on the ground.
Ozone in plant production
IDRAK Technology Transfer has developed the GrOwerID technology, which allows you to fight pests and plant diseases without using of herbicides and pesticides.
Using of ozone in plant production is explained, firstly, by the very high oxidative capacity of ozone (only fluorine will be stronger), and secondly by its ubiquitous availability (produced from oxygen air).
Ozone allows you to achieve the desired result without using of various chemicals, the residual trace of which cannot be eliminated from the final product, which reduces its value or does not at all unusable.