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Electrical driven weeding technology in non-chemical crop protection
Project
Project code: 2819NA083
Contract period: 01.04.2022
- 31.03.2025
Budget: 238,876 Euro
Purpose of research: Applied research
Keywords: data collection, energetic restructuring/modernisation, vegetable production, integrated production systems, cultivation, agricultural engineering, crop production, sensor technology, greenhouse cultivation/protected cultivation, organic farming
Mechanical weed control is the most important method for regulating weeds in organic farming, but in horticulture, especially in protected cultivation, there is a considerable mechanisation gap between the manual labour stage and the use of tractors, which is now to be closed by innovative equipment technology. Especially in greenhouse cultivation, there is a lack of machinery and equipment that avoids the considerable health hazards (noise, exhaust fumes) caused by combustion engines, but can replace the physically strenuous manual labour. The 'E-Hack' project is intended to provide horticulture with innovative motorised equipment technology for mechanical weed control, based on modern, highly efficient electric drives. This will significantly increase the effectiveness of the process and secure the competitiveness of small and medium-sized enterprises.
Section overview
Subjects
- Crop Protection
- Horticulture
- Organic Farming
Framework programme
Federal Organic Farming Scheme and other forms of sustainable agriculture (BÖLN)
