Viticulture 4.0 - The Digital Infrastructure

葡萄栽培在英国是一个不断扩大的行业，拥有多达500个葡萄园，并且对扩大现有地区的兴趣越来越大，但该行业目前正处于十字路口。在其他部门部署的数字技术的进步使捕获和管理数据以及获得有效决策的见解变得更加容易。种植者、农艺师和AgriTech解决方案提供商正在关注这些技术的应用，但仍有一些障碍需要克服，特别是在数据共享和集成方面。现有的AgriTech解决方案在很大程度上是独立开发的，由供应商和应用程序驱动它们自己的数据模型，当种植者使用多个不同的系统时，他们会感到沮丧，因为这些系统不能相互通信，从而使有效的决策变得更加困难。有些系统似乎是为了确保客户保留而设计的，但在缺乏行业标准的情况下存在技术问题。克服这些障碍，创建一个开放获取的行业标准地理空间数据模型，将为精准葡萄栽培提供新的机会，并加速创新。在葡萄园内创建数字基础设施，绘制所有关键特征，如柱子、葡萄藤和路径，以及边界、灌溉点等其他基础设施，并将这些地理空间信息转换为开源数据集，这将允许部署多个AgriTech解决方案，而无需每次进行调查，从而节省时间和金钱。并且允许种植者在多个潜在的解决方案供应商之间进行选择，每个供应商都可以根据种植者提供的信息，使用无人机、机器人或拖拉机在葡萄园周围导航。部署这项技术的本质将提供有关作物生长、应激发生率和产量的农艺数据，这将有助于对有针对性的投入做出有效决策，从而提高这一不断扩大的部门的环境、经济和社会可持续性，并为创新解决方案创造更广泛的受众。通过创建和开发一个为葡萄种植业量身定制的数字解决方案，将确保结果符合最终用户的需求

Viticulture is an expanding sector in the UK with up to 500 vineyards and an increasing interest to expand established areas, but the sector is currently at a crossroads. Advancements in digital technology deployed in other sectors make it easier to capture and manage data and gain insights for effective decision making. Growers, agronomists and AgriTech solution providers are looking at the application of these technologies but there are obstacles to overcome particularly around data sharing and integration.Existing AgriTech solutions have largely been developed in isolation with their own data model driven by the vendor and the application, and when a grower is using multiple different systems, they are frustrated that these systems do not talk to one another making effective decision making more difficult. Some systems appear to be designed to ensure customer retention however there are technical problems in the absence of an industry standard. Overcoming these barriers and creating an open access, industry standard geo-spatial data model will provide new opportunities and accelerate innovation for precision viticulture.Creating a digital infrastructure within a vineyard, mapping all the critical features such a posts, vines and pathways and other infrastructure like boundaries, irrigation points and converting this geospatial information into an open source dataset will allow multiple AgriTech solutions to be deployed without the need to survey on each occasion, therefore saving time and money, and allowing a grower to choose between multiple potential solution providers with the confidence that each would be able to navigate around the vineyard with a drone, robot or tractor based upon the information provided by the grower.The nature of deploying this technology will provide agronomic data on crop growth, stress incidences, and yield which will enable effective decisions to be made on targeted inputs, therefore increasing environmental, economic, and social sustainability of this expanding sector, and create a broader audience for innovative solutions.By creating and developing a digital solution tailored by and for the benefit of the viticulture industry will ensure the outcome will fit the needs of the end users