Farmer-Centred Interoperable Mobile-Cloud System
Integrating Data from Farming Activities and Environmental Information for Sustainable Fertiliser Management
Technological Innovation
Farmer-oriented fertiliser management approach integrating data from farming activities and environmental information, for delivering an interoperable mobile-cloud system to support SFM.
Scientific Research Support
The University of Sheffield in the UK leads the project research, and works closely with the The Institute of Intelligent Machines (IIM), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).
Funding
As a competitive winner of Innovate UK: ‘UK-China: Precision For Enhancing Agricultural Productivity’, sufficient financial support and the strong interest of potential investors and customers to ensure the smooth implementation of the project.
Sustainable fertiliser management and reducing farming emissions have become high priority agricultural issues in China. The Chinese government has given strong support for innovating novel Internet of Things (IoT) enabled smart farming technologies to enhance production and reduce emissions. However, due to low education levels and geographic dispersion of farmers, the practical effectiveness and economic benefits of these technologies are low.
To help address these issues, Ant Data Ltd, Velcourt Ltd and the University of Sheffield (UoS) in the United Kingdom and CAS-IIM and ZK Ltd in China are collaborating on the project with the aim to provide a comprehensive, holistic approach to sustainable fertiliser management. It wil be achieved by enhancing the deployment and use of farmer–centred interoperable mobile cloud-based systems that offer access, collection, aggregation, and analysis of farm data that improves fertiliser use efficiency and hence reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
Innovation
The scientific innovations rely on accurate and robust mobile personal activity tracking technique from Sheffield University, and the multi-modal data visual analytic kit from Ant Data Ltd. The commercial innovation will open up a new business routine for UK companies in delivering a full close pipeline of mobile-cloud fertiliser management systems including infrastructure, software, data service and training.
Coordination
This project requires multiple disciplinary efforts to cover a wide spectrum of knowledge from academic, technology and industry. The nature of the project team will ensure that impact of the work is optimal as the team brings together leading researchers in the field of data fusion, machine learning and precision agriculture from both the UK and China (Ant Data Ltd, Sheffield University, IIM and ZK Intelligent Sensing), and integrates them with leading agricultural research and extension institutions from UK and China (Velcourt and HJIS). The synergy of the consortium ensures that developments within the project are directly applicable to the agricultural end user. All of the UK and Chinese partners work together to provide reliable guarantees on both scientific research and commercial for the project.
- 25/09/2015
Academic Research Stage
Academic Research Stage
September 25, 2015
The academic research on accurate and robust mobile personal activity tracking technique from Sheffield University started from this year. The technique has been used in Active 10 with 650K users in three years. The data aggregation and visualisation algorithms will rely on a multi-modal data visual analytic kit (AntV)..Read More - 25/03/2019
Subject & Market Research on Sustainable Fertiliser Management
Subject & Market Research on Sustainable Fertiliser Management
March 25, 2019
Project partners began to conduct feasibility analysis and market research on the subject of sustainable fertilizer management in China’s agriculture. - 18/07/2019
Project Proposal
Project Proposal
July 18, 2019
Completing the project feasibility analysis and market survey, formally establish the project with the “Farmer-Centred Interoperable Mobile-Cloud System”, and complete the project proposal. - 10/12/2019
Participate in innovation project competitions
Participate in innovation project competitions
December 10, 2019
The project team takes this proejct to the “UK-China: precision for enhancing agricultural productivity” funding competition. Innovate UK, as part of UK Research and Innovation, and the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China (MoST) are each investing around £5 million in innovation projects. Innovate UK..Read More - 02/08/2020
Preparing user requirements identification
Preparing user requirements identification
August 2, 2020
The project team has established cooperative relationship with Chinese farms. The farms will provide survey objects and data for this project, and assist in the implementation of project testing and evaluation. - 02/10/2020
The winner of Innvoation Competiton
The winner of Innvoation Competiton
October 2, 2020
As a competitive winner of Innovate UK: ‘UK-China: Precision For Enhancing Agricultural Producativity’, sufficient financial support and the strong interest of potential investors and customers to ensure the smooth implementation of the project. - 15/11/2020
Project preparation and organisation
Project preparation and organisation
November 15, 2020
All partners of the proejct make the final preparations for the start of the project. All parties funded the project and their employees for the project began to work for its official launch. - 01/03/2021
Officially launch the project
Officially launch the project
March 1, 2021
Strict project planning and project management are the fisrt step of project success. After the long period of preparation, a solid scientific research foundation, and sufficient funding, the project has finally officially started. For project management, we have formulated a complete project plan and timetable. All partners have clear division..Read More - 10/03/2021
First project collective meeting with Innovation officers
First project collective meeting with Innovation officers
March 10, 2021
This important meeting announced the confirmed project plan and communicated the details of the project development. The project development entered the first stage, that is User Requirements Identification. We will work together with cooperative farms in China to make rigorous and detailed investigations on the user needs of the project. - 16/04/2021
Design of User needs Identification
Design of User needs Identification
April 16, 2021
Based on what we learned from the farms cooperated with our Chinese partners, we set two survey objectives, one is the managers/advisors of farming cooperatives, they are the decision-makers who has the power to decide almost everything on the farms; and the other is the farmers who actually implement the..Read More - 07/05/2021
International online conference
International online conference
May 7, 2021
We organised an International meeting with the representatives of Chinese partners, officials of the agricultural department of Bozhou City Government, the farm managers/advisors, and the representatives of farms. The meeting allowed all relevant personnel from the targets farms to deepen their understanding of the project, it also allows the project..Read More - 08/06/2021
Needs survey results disscution meeting
Needs survey results disscution meeting
June 8, 2021The meeting confirmed and solved the main information gaps/questions from the results of two questionnaires, including, 1. The inorganic/organic fertiliser (N, P, K) applications by crop. 2. Soil samples for testing 3. Historical data of the farms. - 17/06/2021
First Quarterly Report
First Quarterly Report
June 17, 2021
There are three tasks in the first quarter of this project, the main task is user needs identification. It is now going to reach the first milestone, which is a comprehensive user requirement report. The agricultural experts from Velcourt Limited is leading this work. We are doing user needs identification..Read More - 30/06/2021
Deliverable 2.1 USER NEEDS IDENTIFICATION
Deliverable 2.1 USER NEEDS IDENTIFICATION
June 30, 2021
Deliverable 2.1 USER NEEDS IDENTIFICATION - 04/07/2021
System Design Outline
System Design Outline
July 4, 2021
System Design Outline - 09/07/2021
Initial Algorithms Design
Initial Algorithms Design
July 9, 2021
Initial Algorithms Design - 23/07/2021
Algorithms Design and System Design Issues Update
Algorithms Design and System Design Issues Update
July 23, 2021Algorithms Design and System Design Issues Update - 06/08/2021
Algorithms Design and System Design Issues Update
Algorithms Design and System Design Issues Update
August 6, 2021Algorithms Design and System Design Issues Update - 17/08/2021
User needs analysis in progress
User needs analysis in progress
August 17, 2021User needs analysis in progress - 20/08/2021
Algorithms Design and System Design Issues Update
Algorithms Design and System Design Issues Update
August 20, 2021Algorithms Design and System Design Issues Update - 09/09/2021
Workshop on Scientific and Technological Innovation Cooperation within the UK-China Agricultural Flagship Challenge Programme
Workshop on Scientific and Technological Innovation Cooperation within the UK-China Agricultural Flagship Challenge Programme
September 9, 2021
IUK and UKRI China hold an Agri-tech side event which is in essence a meeting to launch/celebrate the launch of the UK-China: precision for enhancing agricultural productivity round of projects, which are highly valued collaborative agreements. - 08/10/2021
Software requirements specification and System Prototype Design
Software requirements specification and System Prototype Design
October 8, 2021Detail will be updated soon. - 21/10/2021
Algorightms Design Progress
Algorightms Design Progress
October 21, 2021Detail will be updated soon. - 22/11/2021
The 3rd QRM
The 3rd QRM
November 22, 2021Detail will be updated soon. - 06/12/2021
Database Desing Updating
Database Desing Updating
December 6, 2021Detail will be updated soon. - 10/12/2021
Academic Paper Published
Academic Paper Published
December 10, 2021Detail will be updated soon. - 21/12/2021
Dissemination – Academic activities in UoS
Dissemination – Academic activities in UoS
December 21, 2021Detail will be updated soon. - 03/01/2022
Dissemination – Business needs meetings in Liverpool, Blackpool and Bowness
Dissemination – Business needs meetings in Liverpool, Blackpool and Bowness
January 3, 2022Detail will be updated soon. - 10/01/2022
Dissemination – The 14th China UK Entrepreneurship Competition
Dissemination – The 14th China UK Entrepreneurship Competition
January 10, 2022Detail will be updated soon.