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Collaborative project: Sensor data-based map services for soil-conserving management and environmentally friendly fertilization in the inter-plant machine use by combining differently scaled geodata. Cooperation of consultingand machinery rings during the practice transfer through Mobile AgrarPortale. Subproject 4 (SOFI)

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Project code: 281B302916
Contract period: 06.09.2018 - 05.09.2021
Budget: 15,095 Euro
Purpose of research: Applied research
Keywords: farmyard manure, fertilization, digital world, precision farming, crop production, nutrients, climate (climate relevance, climate protection, climate change), soil (soil conservation, soil fertility, soil cultivation, soil health)

The objective of SoFI is to support a site specific and resource efficient application of nutrients as well as measures to optimize soil conservation by developing services providing site specific geoinformation with respect to the aims of the program of supporting innovation of the BMEL regarding the reduction of greenhouse gases. The new fertilization ordinance (Düngeverordnung, DÜV) leads to shorter time tables for the application of organic fertilizers. Therefore, in SoFi we aim to develop automated methods for the analysis of remotes sensing data of the Copernicus- mission to deliver information about the current soil moisture as well as biomass and potential yields. By using machine-learning algorithms, we need calibration and validation data. At four agricultural test sites, intensive measurements of hydrological soil characteristics will be used to develop generic diagnostic tools to describe soil information easily in situ. The combination of these local in situ data as well as the remote sensing and weather information enables the delivering of maps and services to optimise soil conservation and nutrient application. These services and methods will be practically available for farmers and other users by mobile portals i.e. the so called GeoBox or others.

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