NEW TECH Flashcards
What is tech used for
- producing more with less (efficientcy) e.g. precision ag
- to produce what consumers want or need
- monitoring and enhancing social and natural capitals
- monitoring and investing in less risky global systems (insurance etc.)
- improving processes and reducing waste and maintaining values
what are precision ag techs
DEF: a data-driven farm management system, idea or concept.
uses appropriate tech to increase efficiency using observations and data. Reduce costs of input and enviro impacts
- data-driven, digitised
- enhance production activities
- using geographic infor systems, remote sensing, drones, image analysis, rapid soil analytical techniques, robotics for ag
What are new genetic biotechnologies doing?
- improve diversity by enhancing selection of traits, deleting unwanted genes, silencing disease-cauusing genes, multiplying beneficial genes,
Explain how post-production technologies work
- reduce food waste and loss using tech to store food
- new transportation and distribution tech = more efficient
- reduce man-labour/ aid in human activities
what is digital farming
DEF: methods of precision ag, smart farming and networking of ag activities used to increase efficiency and productivity
- beneficial bc constant monitoring and optimisation of inputs = increased efficiency
what are some components of precision ag
- data modelling
- Control (robotics)
- remote sensing (drones etc)
- social media
- visualisation
- predictive mapping
- genomic/omics tech
- computing power
flow of precision ag
- Data collected
- control - using robotics to change
- comms - marketing, social media
- modelling
how is precisison ag being used for crop production
- conventional agronomy
- paddock level management - soil quality
- farm level management - assess variability at the farm level
- catchment level management - regions for revegetation (dryness)
What are some technologies involved in PA
- Variable rate technology
- controlled traffic farming (CTF)
- yield mapping
- real time kinetic guidance (RTK)
- Normalised difference vegetation index mapping (NDVI)
benefits of PA
- yield increase
- quality increase
- cost savings
- more targeted application of input
- enhance implementation
qualitative: - less stress
- reduced fatigue
What are the drivers of increased PA
- inherent variation in soil types in agro-ecological zones
- seasonality of input prices
- choice of technology
- monitoring and managing variability between operators
- variability in climate
ads vs dis of ground robots
ADS:
- large saving in labour and input costs
- integrated with exisiting methods and equipment
- tasks require little supervision
- powerful and durable
- wider data collection possible
DIS:
- price
- still experimental and unpredictable
- repair and maintenance not available yet
What is smart farming
combining PA and digital tech, and removing traditional farming inputs such as land and soil
- uses alt to natural resources for traditional ag
e.g vertical farming, automated growing systems
- maximises space/land use
what is protective farming
- fully automated, in greenhouses usually
- no one enters greenhouses - computer controlled
- sterilised soils
- no pest control needed
What is the sundrop system?
using the sun’s energy to produce freshwater for irrigation. Then turning energy into electricity to power greenhouses and cooling crops
