PROVIDE: Printed IoT Sensors for Vertical and Outdoor Farming Use

化肥和清洁水是农民需要明智使用的资源，因为首先，全球化肥和清洁水或水净化系统的成本上升和短缺，其次，限制过度使用化肥和将使用过的肥料丢弃到环境中对环境的破坏。如果使用的肥料不足，就会对作物产量和质量产生不利影响。肥料管理的一个限制因素是缺乏负担得起和可靠的肥料传感器系统。结合4个伙伴组织的经验和能力，我们的目标是填补这一空白：CleanGrow UK Ltd在设计、研究和生产用于农业和园艺的单个离子的固态传感器方面拥有超过10年的经验。Dycotec是生产柔性生物传感器材料的全球领导者，包括独特和专利的高导电性和疏水性信号转导墨水。Symitech：开发基于印刷/混合电子产品的先进物联网（IoT）传感器系统。公司的基础在于高素质和经验丰富的员工，在模拟/数字电子设计，基于人工智能的数据分析和基于云的计算和软件开发等领域拥有超过60年的工业经验。新能源农场，除了户外农场，他们是英国最大的水培农场之一。我们的多离子分析仪将通过新能源农场垂直农场和户外使用的验证。结合起来，这些正是提供一个负担得起的现场实时传感系统所需的技术，用于土壤和水中发现的肥料和离子的主要营养成分。该项目的目标是基于CleanGrow开发类似产品的经验，构建下一代离子分析仪原型设备，但现在实施Dycotec的先进材料技术和Symitech的物联网经验，为园艺和土壤测试行业创造一种经济实惠的智能连接营养分析仪。其结果将在室内、垂直和传统温室工业中智能使用肥料方面取得突破性进展。我们还将探索用于田间农业实时土壤分析的室外版本的可行性。

Fertiliser and clean water are resources a farmer needs to use wisely, due to firstly, the rising cost and shortage of fertilisers globally and clean water or water purification systems and secondly to limit the environmental damage of over use of fertilisers and discarding used fertilisers into the environment. In the event that insufficient fertiliser is used, there is a detrimental impact on crop yields and quality. A limiting factor in fertiliser management is the lack of affordable and reliable fertiliser sensor systems.Combining the experience and capabilities of the 4 partner organisations we aim to fill that gap:1\. CleanGrow UK Ltd has over 10 years experience in designing, researching and producing solid state sensors for individual ions in farming and horticulture2\. Dycotec are world leaders in producing flexible biosensor materials including unique and patented highly conductive and hydrophobic signal transducing inks3\. Symitech: develop advanced Internet of Things (IoT) sensor systems based on printed / hybrid electronics. The company's foundations lie in highly qualified and experienced staff with over 60 years industrial in areas as diverse as analogue/digital electronics design, AI based data analytics and cloud-based computing and software development.4\. New Energy Farms, in addition to their outdoor farms, they are one of the largest hydroponic farms in the UK. Our multi-ion analysers will be validated by New Energy Farms for both vertical farming and outdoor use.Combined, these are the exact technologies needed to provide an affordable, point of site real time sensing system for the main nutrient components of fertiliser and ions found in soil and waters.The project goal is to build a prototype next generation ion analyser device based on the experience of developing similar products by CleanGrow, however now implementing the advanced materials technology of Dycotec and the IoT experience of Symitech to create an affordable smart and connected nutrient analyser for the horticulture and soil testing industry.The outcome will have ground breaking developments for the smart use of fertilisers in the indoor, vertical and conventional greenhouse industry. We will also explore the feasibility of an outdoor version for real time soil analysis for field agriculture.