FarmSmarter - feasibility study for extension supporting smallholder farmers in new developing territories.

FarmSmarter - 支持新发展地区小农扩展的可行性研究。

• 批准号: 10020628
• 金额: $ 2.67万
• 依托单位: PCI TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENTS LTD
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10020628
• 关键词: FarmSmarter; feasibility; study; extension; supporting

The FarmSmarter extension project aims to explore the potential of extending the geographic reach of the D4Ag (Digitalisation for Agriculture) 'FarmSmarter' app using Smart technologies including machine learning, artificial intelligence and data analysis.In developing countries generally, dynamics of culture, lack of access to finance and poor information dissemination preclude smallholder farmers from leveraging state-of-the-art sustainable farming practices.Initial development of the FarmSmarter app has been supported by Innovate UK and Overseas Development Assistance (ODA), with the goal of enabling smallholders in developing regions to access integrated, site specific sustainable farming information. The initial feasibility study in Nigeria, has addressed propagation advice, crop disease identification, productivity, and routes to market of smallholder farmers through creating a holistic, accessible digital resource of agri-data and sustainable farming suggestions.The natural progression for the FarmSmarter project development is to systematically explore new territories, focussing on those with a predominance of smallholder farmers.Through close liaison with local agroecological and market experts in each region the project will create a pathway to firm market development strategies, academic & research partnerships and an informed assessment of regional smallholders' needs and livelihood conditions addressing diverse climate, topographical and market conditions.As the effects of climate change spread, and the global population continues to grow and become urbanized, it is imperative that farmers in these regions, who are the mainstay of rural communities, become successful in the future.

FarmSmarter扩展项目旨在探索使用包括机器学习、人工智能和数据分析在内的智能技术来扩展D4Ag(农业数字化)FarmSmarter应用程序的地理覆盖范围的潜力。在发展中国家，文化动态、缺乏融资渠道和糟糕的信息传播使小农无法利用最先进的可持续农业实践。FarmSmarter应用程序的初步开发得到了Innovate UK和海外发展援助(ODA)的支持，目标是使发展中国家的小农能够获取综合的、现场特定的可持续农业信息。尼日利亚的初步可行性研究通过创建全面、可访问的农业数据和可持续农业建议的数字资源，解决了小农的繁殖建议、作物病害识别、生产力和进入市场的途径。FarmSmarter项目发展的自然进程是系统地探索新领域，重点关注那些小农占主导地位的地区。通过与每个地区的当地农业生态和市场专家的密切联系，该项目将创建一条途径，以确定市场发展战略、学术和研究伙伴关系，并根据不同的气候、地形和市场条件对地区小农的需求和生计条件进行知情评估。随着气候变化的影响蔓延，随着全球人口的持续增长和城市化，这些地区的农民作为农村社区的支柱，在未来取得成功是势在必行的。