Pakazosvika 2050, huwandu hweUS hunofungidzirwa kukura kusvika ku400 miriyoni, uye huwandu hwepasi rose kusvika 9.1 bhiriyoni, zvinoda kuwedzera makumi manomwe muzana mukugadzirwa kwechikafu pasi rose.
UC Merced ndeimwe yemakampasi mana munyika yose achibatana kuti asangane nedambudziko iri nekushandisa simba rekuvandudza uye tekinoroji kusimudzira kurima kwakaringana kuitira ramangwana rakagadzikana.
Inotungamirwa neYunivhesiti yePennsylvania, UC Merced, Purdue University uye University of Florida vakagamuchira hutsva, $26 miriyoni, makore mashanu National Science Foundation Engineering Research Centers (ERC) mvumo yekuumba NSF Engineering Research Center yeInternet yeZvinhu zve. Precision Agriculture (IoT4Ag). ERC ndiyo NSF's flagship engineering zvirongwa zvekushandura kutsvagisa kugadzirisa matambudziko akakura munharaunda.
Basa rose reIoT4Ag ndere kuona chikafu, simba uye kuchengetedzwa kwemvura nekugadzira tekinoroji yekuwedzera kurima zvirimwa uku uchideredza kushandiswa kwesimba uye zviwanikwa zvemvura uye kuderedza kukanganiswa kwemaitiro ekurima panharaunda. Pamwe chete, IoT4Ag Center ichagadzirawo pombi yematarenda akasiyana-siyana anosanganisira K-12 uye vadzidzi vepayunivhesiti, mainjiniya, nyanzvi dzezvekurima uye dzimwe nhengo dzenharaunda dzekurima kuburikidza nezvidzidzo zvakanangana nevateereri uye maoko-pakirasi, marabhoritari uye zviitiko zvemumunda. Kuunza pamwe chete vevadzidzi, hurumende uye maindasitiri vanodyidzana nenharaunda yevarimi, iyo Center ichagadzira innovation ecosystem inovimbisa kukurumidza kududzirwa kweIoT4Ag maitiro uye matekinoroji muzvigadzirwa zvekutengesa, uye ichaonawo kuti shanduko yakadai inovakwa nehupfumi uye magariro akanaka. kukanganisa mupfungwa.
"Tine chinangwa chekugadzira masisitimu anodhura anozotorwa nevarimi," akadaro purofesa weUC Merced Catherine Keske, kosi inotungamira kune chirongwa chitsva. "Tichave tichivaka pamusoro peiyo UC Merced yakatogadzira mukurima chaiko."
Chikwata chekutanga paUC Merced's bazi reIoT4Ag rinoratidza hupfumi hwekurima Keske tsvagiridzo, pamwe napurofesa. Stefano Carpin's marobhoti uye kudzidza muchina, mudzidzisi Erin Hestir's kuona kure uye kuongorora nzvimbo; uye purofesa Reza Ehsani's precision ag zvigadzirwa, kunyangwe Keske akati basa redzimwe nhengo dzevadzidzisi uye vadzidzi vanobva mhiri kosi ichave yakakosha mukubudirira kweIoT4Ag.
Iyo ERC inokwikwidza zvakanyanya uye iyi ndiyo Chikoro cheUinjiniya kutanga kutora chikamu mune imwe. Engineering Dean Mark Matsumoto akasimbisa kuti hunhu hwakasiyana-siyana hwepakati hunounza vaongorori veUC Merced mikana isingaverengeki yekubatana nemayunivhesiti etsvagurudzo akasimbiswa ayo ese ari nhengo dzine mukurumbira dzeSangano reAmerican Universities.
“Ongororo nezvimwe zvakadaro zvichaitwa kuburikidza nerubatsiro urwu zvakakosha kuti dunhu redu rigare zvakanaka kuburikidza nekutsvaga kugadzira michina inovandudza pamwe nekuchengetedza mabasa ekurima,” vakadaro VaMatsumoto. "Ndinofara zvikuru kuti tiri chikamu chechiitiko chakakosha ichi - chinonongedza kucherechedzwa kuri kubuda kwechikoro uye kambasi."
Chikamu chemutemo weERC ndechekushandura huwandu hwakawanda hwezvidzidzo mukugadzirisa matambudziko; imwe ndeyekugadzira vashandi vakasiyana uye vanosanganisirwa vanobva kuUnited States yese. Nekubatana neindasitiri uye nharaunda yakakura yevadzidzi, fakaroti uye nyanzvi, iyo IoT4Ag Center ichagadzira innovation ecosystem kuti ienderere mberi nekuedza uku mumakumi emakore ari kuuya.
Madokero, Midwest neEast Coast ese anomiririrwa muIoT4Ag, aine nzvimbo dzekudyidzana uye dzidzo nenzvimbo dzekutsvagisa munyika yose, zvichipa mikana isingaperi yevadzidzi, vemabhizinesi nevamwe vane chekuita.
Iyo IoT4Ag Center yakakamurwa kuita matatu akasanganiswa ekusundidzira, aine zvikwata zvevaongorori vanoshanda pakunzwa, kutaurirana uye kupindura matekinoroji.
IoT4Ag inogara muChikoro cheUinjiniya, asi bazi reUC Merced, mukukurudzira kwekutaurirana, rinosanganisira vamwe vazhinji: iyo Center for Information Technology Research muKufarira kweSosaiti (CITRIS), UC Mvura, drone uye vatsvakurudzi vesimba, kutungamirirwa kwenyanzvi dzakaoma dzehurongwa, hupfumi hwemagariro evanhu uye vatsvakurudzi vemashoko makuru, pamwe chete nenharaunda, nzvimbo uye nyika.
"Tinoda kubatanidza munhu wese ane maonero einjiniya ag, kubva kuvarimi, vashandi vemumapurazi uye vana vevashandi vemumapurazi pakati peboka redu revadzidzi kusvika kuhurumende nevashandi veindasitiri," akadaro Keske. Kufanana nedzimwe nhengo dzechikwata, Keske achapfeka ngowani dzakati wandei sezvo danho riri kuenderera mberi.
Iye ane basa rekusiyana nekubatanidzwa, uye akati ari kutsvaga kubata mapoka ekutarisa, kumbira varimi nemapoka ezvigadzirwa kuti vave pabhodhi rekuraira reIoT4Ag kuUC Merced uye kushanyira nzvimbo dzeminda kuti vaongorore vashandi vemumapurazi, zvakare.
"Tinoda kuti munhu wese ave nezwi mune izvi," akadaro Keske.
Penn akapawo chikamu chakakura bhajeti reERC rekufamba uye zvirongwa zvekudzidzisa vadzidzi, Keske akadaro. Chirongwa cheIoT4Ag chinodaidzira kusanganisira pre-koreji, nharaunda koreji uye vadzidzi veyunivhesiti kuburikidza nevateereri-chaiwo zvidzidzo uye maoko-pakirasi, lab uye basa remumunda; kupa mazano nekupa mazano; uye zvakasiyana-siyana zvemagariro uye zvehunyanzvi zviitiko kugadzirira vashandi vakasiyana-siyana venguva yemberi kugadzirisa matambudziko makuru emagariro ezvekudya, simba uye kuchengetedzwa kwemvura.
Nyika ine magumo, mvura uye zviwanikwa zvesimba zvinoda matekinoroji matsva uye hutsva hwekuvandudza kushanda uye kusimba kwemarudzi ese ekugadzirwa kwechikafu.
“Tinokwanisa kugadzira hunyanzvi uye zvivakwa zvinozobatsira varimi kubata zvirimwa zvavo kusvika paruzivo rwemvura nevhu,” akadaro Keske. "Tekinoroji dzedhijitari dzine mukana wekuvandudza kushanda zvakanaka, kuenzana, kuchengetedzeka, hutano, hutano uye kuenderera mberi kwezvikafu zvepasirese."
- Lorena Anderson, UC Merced