agricultural automation
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Agricultural Automation(October 31, 2015)
Abdul [email protected] Crop Science Institute
(CSI)National Agricultural Research Centre, Park
Road, Islamabad, PAKISTAN
Country profile and agriculture
Area: 803,940 sq km (>180 million)Coordinates: 33.67° N, 73.17° EAgro-climate
Hot (dry desert)Temperate (northwest)Arctic (north)
GDP growth rate: 4.14% (2014)Agriculture in GDP: 21.6%Population growth rate: 1.49% (2014)Main crops: Cereals, legumes, fibre, fodder,
horticulture
Animal Sciences Plant Sciences Natural Resources Coordination and MonitoringScientific InformationAgricultural Engineering (farm mechanization and agricultural machinery development)
http://www.parc.gov.pk/index.php/en/
Facts about Agriculture 45% of the country’s labor force
70% of total exports directly and indirectly
3rd largest milk producing country in the world
>60% of rural population dependent on agriculture
22% Contribution to GDP
Food security
Exports
Imports
Crop improvement
Pakistan Economic Survey 2013-14
Risks in AgricultureYield gaps
PotentialAchievableProgressive farmersNational average
Natural vulnerabilityEnvironmental fluctuationsOperational scenarios Credit & Finance Small farmers and allied issues HRD Technology Markets Prices
Coping risksProtected agriculture GM crops?Genetically suitable crops for protected agricultureCrop mechanization
Seed bed preparation to harvesting and processing
Next generation automationRobotics (time management)
Agricultural automation (expectations)Agricultural Robots or agribot deployed for agriculture purposesFruit picking robots, driverless tractor/sprayer, and sheep shearing robots Pruning, weeding, spraying and monitoring of orchids Livestock application, automatic milking, washing and castrating.
BenefitsLower production costsLess need for manual labor
Does really exist in Pakistan?
Agricultural automation (R & D)Research
PhenotypingGenotypingEvaluation
GenomicsDNA sequencing/NGSMicroarrayMASMABQTL Mapping
Bioinformatics Research and academia
Agricultural automation (farming and crop production)
First generation Tractor and tractor driven implements
Development/biological database Not addressed properlyDigitization of crop areas
Water use efficiencyInitial stagesDrip irrigation Sprinkling systems
Applied farm production Not yet
Automation (conservation to production)
Genebank managementCrop improvement Crop productionCrop processingPackaging and marketing
VISION 2030 (UAF-UC Davis) (Sustainable agriculture through learning, discovery, outreach)
Site-specific soil and climatic properties based inputs Topography and drainage Proximal soil sensing Remote soil sensing On-the-go soil and crop sensors Sensing and interpreting variability in soil and crop attributes Crop nitrogen and stress analysis LAI estimation and vegetation indices Crop growth status modeling Satellite ImageryWireless soil and crop sensing Digital farm mapsSpatial modeling Variable rate technologies
http://uaf.edu.pk/USPCAS-AFS/downloads/precision_agriculture.pdf
Improving land/water productivity
Plant and soil health monitoring Yield monitoring Watershed planning Biomass estimation and production Precision land leveling Automated irrigation system Variable rate irrigation application
Developing farm decision support system
Digital farm maps Modeling for crop growthDigital farm record keeping Fencing and setting boundaries of farms Adaptation of precision agriculture technologies for local farming system
Minimizing environmental effectsWeed identification Water quality Soil quality Landscape planning Plant healthWeed control using site-specific weedicide applications Variable rate application of inputsPrecision applications of spray, pesticides, nutrients, etc
Establishment of site specific Agricultural Data Bank on soil properties, crops yields, losses for stakeholders
Can robotics play role to achieving targets?
Short Messages Issue based R & D Development through technology Quick adaptation of research results Farm mechanization (we are far behind) Minimizing yield gaps (potential yields) Environment monitoring and use of remote
sensing Interlinking disciplinary team Time management and quick decision Digitized database
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