1. ■Auto-collection of data from oversea field
Climatic changes and evaluation of their effects on agriculture in Asian monsoon region
Real time monitoring of agricultural field Auto-collection of information on crop growth and its environment from oversea field
Image, weather, soil data come automatically from agricultural field in Asian monsoon region.
Collected data can be shared among steak holders in Asian monsoon region.
The status of monitoring equipment set in oversea agricultural fields is checked from Japan.
■Auto-collection of data from oversea field
We have developed a ground monitoring device that runs by only a solar power. Once install the device, we can collect the data at the same time from several data loggers that are installed around the device. By installing this unit in the field, various types of sensor data including images are now automatically collected from the field all over the world without commercial power supply. Users can easily check the data on weather and crop growth, etc. while looking at the image to be displayed in a calendar format.
■For the field research around the world
Developed technology is used in not only this research project but also a number of researchers with the fields all over the world. As a result, a large number of data continues to be updated every day. Maintenance management and its specific use of these data will become a future challenge in DIAS project.
■Easy check of monitoring sensors
The consumption situation of the battery or the abnormality of the sensors, such as the fixed point camera, weather, soil and flooding water depth sensor, can be effectively managed in a plurality of the ground monitoring site. As a result, the maintenance of the equipment of the site now has become dramatically easier.
■References
M.Mizoguchi&T.Ito (2015) Field monitoring technology to change the agriculture and rural areas, Water, Land and Environ. Eng., 83 (2), 3-6
M.Mizoguchi ( last access) Farmland information monitoring system
Contact
Graduate school of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo　
Masaru Mizoguchi