Conpleks co-develops a smart solution for future farming

The project SqM-Farm develops technologies for precision farming enabling farmers to adapt the allocation of water, nutrients, pesticides and the like at specific sites of the field for the benefit of the environment, crop growth and production economies.

SqM-Farm uses artificial intelligence, sensors, robots and drones to observe the fields. The observations create a daily data flow, which provides an almost square meter specific health barometer for each field and thereby acts decision-supporting for the farmer’s targeted effort in the field.

Complex technology behind the decision-supporting products
Conpleks contributes to the SqM-Farm project by developing mobile robots and a cloud solution. The robots act as observation platforms that mounted with cameras collect site-specific data about the crop health status. The data is sent to the cloud and collated with the drones’ observations and finally stored.

– Data availability is the key to our solutions, as we have developed a model for collecting and storing site-specific data from different sources. The data must be ready and easy to access both now and later on as it is impossible to know which great opportunities for different data analysis that occur in a year or two, emphasizes Tom Simonsen, CEO at Conpleks.

SqM-Farm starts January 1, 2018 and ends December 31, 2020. GUDP under the Ministry of Environment and Food of Denmark has allocated 14,796,460 kr. for the project. In addition to Conpleks Innovation, Agro Intelligence, Aarhus University, Gyldensteen Gods, University of Southern Denmark, Ceptu and IBM participate in the project.

For further information see the article about the SqM-Farm from the Ministry of Environment and Food of Denmark. Please note that the article is in Danish.