Smart Integrated Sustainable Agricultural and Remote Farms (SISARF) with 5G Network for Navajo Nation Communities

当前社会面临的重大挑战是确保粮食、能源和水的安全，以满足预计到2050年美国人口增长的需求，美国人口预计将从3.3亿增长到4亿，世界人口将从78亿增长到97亿，这需要全球粮食产量增加70%。可持续农业对纳瓦霍国家农场社区满足他们对食物的需求至关重要。农业决策支持系统在将农艺和气候科学转化为作物、牲畜和奶农方面越来越受欢迎。面向纳瓦霍族农民、牧场主和社区的智能综合农场5G网络加强了及时的数据共享和知识交流，以协调应对粮食生产威胁，包括杂草、疾病、虫害和天气，确保未来几十年的盈利和安全。该研究为纳瓦霍民族社区的农民、牧场主和青年开发了一种灵活、可扩展、高效的基于云的智能和互联农场（scf）架构和通信基础设施。用于田间农业数据收集的空-空-地综合网络利用遥感卫星系统、无人机和无线传感器网络。作为农业生产的参与者，配备智能设备的纳瓦霍族农民有更好的机会获得田间农业数据。研究产品为社区层面的决策提供了跨农场的隐私保护数据分析；建立实践社区，促进农民和科学家之间的学习和反馈，可靠的数据和技术接受；并展示对供应链金融机构的经济效益。项目成果有助于经营，提高社会弱势的纳瓦霍农民、牧场主和老农民的盈利能力，并增加他们的知识，以便更好地利用美国农业部（USDA）的项目和服务。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The current societal grand challenge is to ensure food, energy, and water security to meet the needs of the projected population growth in the US, which is estimated to grow from 330 million to 400 million, and the world population from 7.8 billion to 9.7 billion by 2050, requiring a 70% increase in global food production. Sustainable agriculture is critical to Navajo Nation Farm Communities to meet their needs for food. Agricultural decision support systems are becoming increasingly popular for translating agronomic and climate sciences to crops, livestock, and dairy farmers. The Smart Integrated Farm 5G Network for Navajo Nation Farmers, Ranchers and Communities enhances timely data sharing and knowledge exchange for coordinated responses to food production threats including weeds, disease, insect, pest, and weather ensuring profitability and security for decades to come. The research develops a flexible, scalable, and efficient cloud-based architecture and communication infrastructure for Smart and Connected Farms (SCFs) for the Navajo Nation Community of farmers, ranchers and youth. The Space-Air-Ground Integrated Network for in-field agricultural data collection utilizes Remote Sensing Satellite Systems, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, and Wireless Sensor Network. As participants in agricultural production, Navajo Nation farmers equipped with smart devices have a better chance to obtain in-field agricultural data. The research products provide privacy-preserving data analytics across farms for community-level decision-making; establish community of practice to facilitate learning and feedback among farmers and scientists, trusted data and technology acceptance; and demonstrate economic benefit to SCFs. The project outcomes aid the operations, enhance profitability of socially disadvantaged Navajo farmers and ranchers and veteran farmers and increase their knowledge to better utilize United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs and services.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.