Nehuwandu hwepasi rose hunofungidzirwa kusvika mabhiriyoni 9.7 panosvika 2050, varimi vanoda rubatsiro rwese rwavanogona kuwana kuti vawedzere kugadzirwa, kunaka, uye kukosha kwekudya kwezvigadzirwa zvekurima. FarmBeats inovabatsira kuzadzisa izvozvo.
"FarmBeats ipuratifomu yekurima yedhijitari yekubatanidza data rinobva kwakasiyana kunzvimbo imwe chete," akadaro Steven Mirsky, nyanzvi yezve ecologist paAgricultural Research Service's (ARS) Sustainable Agricultural Systems Laboratory muBeltsville, Md. "Inopa data manejimendi uye inobatsira kuvaka zviyero zvakatenderedza Internet yezvinhu (IoT) masisitimu."
IoT itiweki yezvinhu zvemuviri zvine masensa, software, uye mamwe matekinoroji anobatanidza nekugovana data painternet.
Sekureva kwaMirsky, FarmBeats inofambisa manejimendi uye kuongororwa kubva kumatekinoroji ekunzwa akaiswa muminda yepurazi. Iyo sisitimu inoshandisa iyo Microsoft Azure gore chikuva kuunganidza, kuchengeta, uye kugadzirisa data. FarmBeats inovandudzawo kufambiswa kwemashoko munzvimbo dzekumaruwa kuburikidza nekushandisa tekinoroji yeterevhizheni chena (TVWS) tekinoroji. TVWS inoreva VHF isingashandiswe (yakanyanya kukwira) uye UHF (ultra high frequency) terevhizheni chiteshi uye inogona kufambisa kanosvika zana chinhambwe cheWi-Fi.
Iyo system ichiri mumatanho ekutanga ebudiriro. PaARS, vatsvakurudzi vari kuishandisa kuchengetedza "phenocam" mifananidzo ine metadata kutarisa kusanaya kwemvura muchibage, soya, uye donje. Phenocam kamera yedhijitari inotora nguva-inopera mifananidzo yemashizha kurekodha mhedzisiro yezvakatipoteredza pakukura kwechirimwa uye hutano.
"Ramangwana rekurima rinosanganisira tekinoroji yakakura yekuona iyo inopa data inoshanda kuvarimi," akadaro Mirsky. "FarmBeats inzvimbo inoita izvi."