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, Marc
• 金额: $ 29.14万
• 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: 2021
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2021-01-01 至 2022-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=719091
• 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国； 28,000 名种粮农民创造了 25 亿加元的农场收入和超过 90 亿加元的经济产出，为该省提供了 40,000 多个就业机会。安大略省也是加拿大葡萄和葡萄酒生产的领先者，提供了 14,000 个就业机会和约 33 亿加元的经济收入影响;安大略省有超过500家葡萄种植者，种植的葡萄超过53,252吨。榛子对安大略省来说是一种新作物，但有望成为利润丰厚的作物，成熟树每英亩可带来 2,800 美元的收入。布兰特福德的费列罗工厂每年消耗 10,000 吨去壳榛子；每英亩产量约为 1 吨，安大略省的目标是种植 10,000 至 30,000 英亩。 Mike Duncan 是 NSERC 精准农业与环境技术学院工业研究主席 (IRCC)。精准农业涉及使用通过传感器收集的数据来为农场决策提供信息，以最大限度地提高盈利能力和环境管理。及早了解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；提前检测枯萎病可能发生的位置将阻止其传播；管理肥料在田间的施肥方式可以节省资金并减少流入水道的径流。这些都是精准农业帮助农场变得更有利可图、更具竞争力和对环境更负责的方式。该提案旨在将 Duncan 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）和树木作物（榛子）上，以期进一步推动精准农业在各个领域的应用。在技​​术上，研究将集中于开发远程静态（微气象塔）和动态（地面漫游器、无人机）测量工具，收集现场数据并通过互联网传输到带有决策支持工具的基于云的服务器。