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Project

Title
Intelligente funkbasierte Bewässerung. Teilprojekt 5.
Acronym
IFuB
Start
01.02.2012
End
30.04.2014
Coordinating Institute
Technische Universität Berlin
Coordinator
Henning Prof. Dr. Meyer

Summary
Intelligent and Flexible Irrigation Control System The aim of the project is the design and development of an intelligent and flexible irrigation control system, using automatic decentralised data processing. Furthermore the components and systems will possess a high flexibility and adaptability to satisfy the variety of agricultural and horticultural utilisations. The project covers the following points: conceptional draft of the intelligent irrigation system; development of a communication model; sensor, actor and software interface definition; robust mechanical design for deployment under agricultural field conditions; testing and demonstrating of the practical suitability. People in charge: Ursula Genge, Hilde Klaus, Martin Geyer, Jörn Selbeck, Volker Dworak

Funding
Bundesministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft (BMEL)
Funding agency
Bundesanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Ernährung - Projektträger
Grant agreement number
511-06.01-28-1-54.011-10