PROVIDE: Printed IoT Sensors for Vertical and Outdoor Farming Use

肥料和清洁水是农民需要明智使用的资源，首先是由于全球肥料和清洁水或水净化系统的成本上升和短缺，其次是限制过度使用肥料和将使用过的肥料丢弃到环境中的环境破坏。如果使用的肥料不足，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价格合理且可靠的肥料传感器系统。结合4个合作伙伴组织的经验和能力，我们的目标是填补这一空白：1\。CleanGrow UK Ltd在设计、研究和生产农业和园艺中单个离子的固态传感器方面拥有10多年的经验2\。Dycotec是生产柔性生物传感器材料的世界领导者，包括独特的专利高导电性和疏水性信号转换油墨3\。Symitech：开发基于印刷/混合电子的先进物联网（IoT）传感器系统。该公司的基础在于高素质和经验丰富的员工，他们在模拟/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60多年的工业经验。新能源农场，除了他们的户外农场，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的垂直农业和户外使用的验证。结合起来，这些都是提供一个负担得起的，现场真实的时间点传感系统所需的技术，用于土壤和沃茨中发现的肥料和离子的主要营养成分。该项目的目标是建立一个原型下一代离子分析仪设备的基础上开发类似产品的经验CleanGrow，然而，现在，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了一个负担得起的智能和连接的营养分析仪。其结果将为室内，垂直和传统温室行业的智能肥料使用带来突破性的发展。我们还将探索户外版本的可行性，用于田间农业的真实的时间土壤分析。

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.