NSERC Industrial Research Chair for Colleges in precision agriculture and environmental technologies

NSERC 精准农业和环境技术学院工业研究主席

• 批准号: 428341-2016
• 负责人: Nantel, MarcMHC
• 金额: $ 14.57万
• 依托单位: Niagara College Canada
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Industrial Research Chairs for Colleges Grants
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2022-01-01 至 2023-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=761479
• 关键词: NSERC; Industrial; Research; Chair; Colleges

Ontario is the leading corn producer in Canada; with 28,000 grain farmers generating $2.5 billion in farm-gatereceipts and more than $9 billion in economic output, providing more than 40,000 jobs in the province.Ontario is also the Canadian leader of grape and wine production, providing 14,000 jobs and approximately$3.3 billion in economic impact; there are over 500 grape growers in Ontario, growing over 53,252 tons ofgrapes. Hazelnuts are a new crop to Ontario, but promise to be a lucrative one, bringing up to $2,800 per acrefor mature trees. The Ferrero plant in Brantford consumes 10,000 tons of shelled hazelnuts per year; atapproximately 1 ton per acre of production, a goal for Ontario would be to plant 10,000 to 30,000 acres.Dr. Mike Duncan is the NSERC Industrial Research Chair for Colleges (IRCC) in Precision Agriculture &Environmental Technologies. Precision Agriculture involves using data gathered through sensors to informdecisions on a farm to maximize profitability and environmental stewardship. Knowing early when adangerous frost threatens grapes and deploying mitigating measures can save a valuable crop; detecting where ablight could develop ahead of time will stop its propagation; managing how fertilizer is spread in a field savesmoney and reduces run-offs into the waterways. These are all ways in which precision agriculture helps farmsbecome more profitable, more competitive, and more environmentally responsible.This proposal seeks to renew for another 5 years Dr. Duncan's NSERC IRCC funding. As in previous years,the focus of the Chair's research will remain on Cash Crops (corn, wheat, soy), Vineyards (grapes), and TreeCrops (Hazelnuts), with a view to push much farther the use of precision agriculture for each of these sectors.Technologically, the research will center on the development of remote static (micrometeorology tower) andkinetic (ground rovers, unmanned aerial vehicles) measurement tools gathering field data and transmitting itthrough the internet to a cloud-based server with decision-support tools.

安大略省是加拿大主要的玉米生产地；2.8万名种粮农民创造了25亿美元的农场收入和90多亿美元的经济产出，为该省提供了4万多个就业岗位。安大略省也是加拿大葡萄和葡萄酒生产的领导者，提供了14,000个工作岗位，经济影响约为33亿美元；安大略省有500多名葡萄种植者，种植了53,252吨葡萄。榛子是安大略省的一种新作物，但有望成为一种利润丰厚的作物，成熟的树木每英亩可带来2800美元的收入。位于布兰特福德的费列罗工厂每年消耗1万吨去壳榛子；按每英亩产量约1吨计算，安大略省的目标是种植1万至3万英亩。迈克·邓肯是NSERC大学工业研究主席（IRCC）在精准农业和环境技术。精准农业涉及利用传感器收集的数据为农场决策提供信息，以最大限度地提高利润和环境管理。及早知道危险的霜冻何时威胁葡萄并采取缓解措施可以挽救宝贵的作物；提前探测到光线可能发展的地方，将阻止它的传播；管理化肥在农田中的施用方式可以节省资金，减少流入水道的肥料。这些都是精准农业帮助农场变得更有利可图、更有竞争力、更环保的方式。该提案旨在将邓肯博士的NSERC IRCC资助再延长5年。与往年一样，主席的研究重点仍将放在经济作物（玉米、小麦、大豆）、葡萄园（葡萄）和树作物（榛子）上，以期在这些部门进一步推动精准农业的应用。技术上，研究将集中于开发远程静态（微气象塔）和动态（地面漫游者、无人机）测量工具，收集现场数据，并通过互联网将其传输到具有决策支持工具的基于云的服务器。