Farmers today
Agriculture and horticulture are important economic sectors in the German-Dutch border region. New societal challenges are intensively affecting the sectors. New guidelines for sustainable land management lead to additional expenditures for agricultural businesses. As a result, the number of small agricultural enterprises is decreasing while the number of large agricultural businesses is growing. Farmers must develop into "business leaders" with all the new challenges, demands, and obligations regarding production quality, monitoring, documentation, and work safety.
Participating companies in the ‘Internet of Agriculture’ want to tap into and further expand the (inter)national market potential of Internet of Things solutions, network and sensor technologies related to commercial applications in agriculture.
This can lead to an increase in the operational safety of agricultural businesses and optimization of maintenance and control options and know-how regarding soil quality.
Innovations in Internet of Agriculture
- Integrated and intelligent agricultural monitoring system
- Private LoRaWAN network servers – ‘Tiny Networks’
- Gas detection, silo level, and positioning sensors
- Soil moisture and temperature sensors
Yookr sensors and dashboard
Yookr is already active in various Interreg projects. The software
platform of Yookr will form the basis for the dashboard application that
needs to be developed within the Internet of Agriculture project. Furthermore, we will optionally look for sensors that can measure oxygen,
pH, nitrite and ammonia in the soil. This is optional and
not part of the original project plan but will make the results
of the project sensors even better.
