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Collaborative project: Development of an automated system for precise, mechanic weed control in organic vegetable farming - subproject B (AMUN)
Project
Project code: 2818812B19
Contract period: 15.07.2021
- 14.07.2024
Budget: 267,193 Euro
Purpose of research: Applied research
Keywords: vegetable production, organic farming, weed, agricultural engineering, precision farming
The use of herbicides for weed control can pose a risk to human health and pollute the environment. Besides, more and more weeds are developing resistance to herbicides. However, the existing methods for organic weed control are less effective or very time consuming. In particular, the cultivation of organic vegetables is often impossible without weeding by hand. As a solution, the project aims to develop an automated system for mechanical weed control in vegetable farming. The system will be equipped with cameras to distinguish weeds from crops and a specially designed weeding tool to remove individual weeds. The weeding tool will be sufficiently small and precise to remove those weeds within the plant rows, which can not be removed by the currently available mechanic weeding systems. The development aims to reduce costs and risks in organic weed control and thereby facilitate the conversion from conventional to organic farming and the cultivation of organic vegetables in regions with high labor costs. In the long term, an increased cost efficiency through further development could allow the method to be used as an alternative to herbicides in conventional agriculture, especially in situations where the application of herbicides would not be effective or not be permitted in the necessary quantities.
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Subjects
- Crop Protection
- Vegetable Gardening
