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

当前的社会重大挑战是确保粮食、能源和水安全，以满足美国预计人口增长的需求，预计到2050年，美国人口将从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族农场社区满足其粮食需求至关重要。农业决策支持系统越来越受欢迎，将农艺学和气候科学转化为作物，牲畜和奶农。面向纳瓦霍族农民、牧场主和社区的智能综合农场5G网络增强了及时的数据共享和知识交流，以协调应对包括杂草、疾病、昆虫、害虫和天气在内的粮食生产威胁，确保未来几十年的盈利能力和安全性。该研究为纳瓦霍族农民，牧场主和青年社区的智能和互联农场（SCF）开发了灵活，可扩展和高效的基于云的架构和通信基础设施。用于田间农业数据收集的空间-空中-地面集成网络利用遥感卫星系统、无人驾驶航空器和无线传感器网络。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。研究产品为社区决策提供了跨农场的隐私保护数据分析;建立实践社区，以促进农民和科学家之间的学习和反馈，可信的数据和技术接受;并展示了SCF的经济效益。该项目的成果有助于业务，提高社会弱势纳瓦霍农民和牧场主和老农民的盈利能力，并增加他们的知识，以更好地利用美国农业部（USDA）的计划和服务。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并已被认为是值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估的支持。

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.