1. Developing Innovative Solutions for Smart Agriculture
Experience of Elgazala Innovation Center, Tunisia
Dr. Mohamed Hamdi, Founding Director, EIC

2. Configuration Collaborative working spaces Accelerators
Connectivity
Networking
Communication
Visibility
Collaborative working spaces
Funding
Accelerators
Experimentation labs
Hosting innovative projects
Doctoral & postdoctoral spaces

3. Multi-stakeholder model
International labs
FOI (NL)
CNRS (FR)
MIR Labs (USA)
Beidou (CN)
Project coordination
Diagnostic and problem formulation
Grant writing
Deliverable management
Result validation
Multi-stakeholder model
Funding
Prototyping platforms
Software development kits
Fellowships & grants
Projects (early stage)
Proof of Concept
Problem solving
Assistance to protoype
Technical support
Training & capacity building
Scientific supervision

4. Topics – Applications of IoT in …
E-health
Environment
Smartgrid
Cybersecurity

5. Three pilot projects in smart agriculture01
Early detection of red palm weevil damage 02
Monitoring of pesticide usage 03
Real-time pipeline monitoring

6. Early detection of red palm weevil damage
Started in Q
Dr. Timmo van der Beek
Dutch physicist, expert in nanophotonics and imaging
Objective
Provides the farmer with state and locaton of disease

7. Early detection of red palm weevil damage
Started in Q
Pilot: Mohamadia farm KSA.

8. Prototype in the early stage
Started in Q

9. Prototype – current version

10. Autocorrelation speckle images of RPW larvaires
Preliminary results
Autocorrelation speckle images of RPW larvaires

11. Prototype – V2 Build setup on a drone.
Do tests in Saudi-Arabia in collaboration with KSU and Mohamadia farm.
Use images for other disease or agroproducton data.

12. Monitoring of pesticide usage
Negative impact on human health

13. Preliminary results Dashboard – Sensor STM32 Evalboard - IoT
Mobile application

14. Ongoing work – embed the prototype in a robot

15. Real-time pipeline monitoring
Potential use in corrosion detection