Location: Poultry Production and Product Safety Research
Project Number: 6022-63000-006-036-S
Project Type: Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement
Start Date: Sep 1, 2024
End Date: Aug 31, 2029
Objective:
To explore and develop digital and spatial agricultural tools along with next-generation data analytic tools for improving water and nutrient management under a changing climate.
Approach:
Remotely sensed data such as thermal data, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle-mounted soil moisture sensors, digital soil maps, and electrical conductivity technologies can be key to minimizing risk with real-time data, high-throughput processing for predictions, and automation for precision input applications. Research, outreach, and capacity building in this area is needed to improve rural technology transfer and agriculture-based economic growth. Machine-collected data, global navigation satellite systems, digital management applications, small Unpiloted Aerial Systems, satellite imagery, and associated computers and algorithms to analyze data are a few of these important innovations that will be evaluated under this agreement.
