Smart Farming in the Cloud The rationale behind the SmartAgriFood & ICT-AGRI Call

Creating innovation from ict-agri funded research projects

Bonn, 17th September 2014

Iver Thysen Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation

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Based on work by Krijn Poppe, Sjaak Wolfert & Cor Verdouw WAGENINGEN UR

In 2020 DATA-flows....

are as important

as Money and

Material flows

Thanks to the strong trends in ICT

Strong ICT Trends

Satellite and (remote) sensing technology, geo-informatics

Sensor technology, robotica in tractors and machines; computer vision;

Bio-sensors and bio-informatics

Internet of Things: ‘everything’ gets an IP-address

Cloud computing: service delivery via (broadband) infrastructures

Smart phones and tablets with data ‘in the cloud’

Social media (Facebook, Twitter, Wiki, etc.)

Web of data, Linked Open Data, Big Data

E-knowledge, E-science

App store

Smart Farming in the Cloud

Services

sensors actuators

data sources (‘Internet of Things’)

Local FMS

Spraying Advisory Services

Meteorological Service

State and Policy Information Service

FMIS

E-agriculturist Service for spraying potatoes

FI-Ware enabled Cloud Platform

Machine Breakdown Service

User’s devices

Other sources

Cloud FMS

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DATA

OPEN

DATA

TRANSFORM

MAP

ANONY MISE

AGGRE GATE

STRUCTURE

COMBINE

INTER PRETERE

GATHER

Social media - Unstructured - Event-driven

Informatiesystems–Structured - Transaction-driven

Data exchange by ABCDEF’s

• Large organisations mostly have gone digital, with ERP and other systems

• But between organisations (and especially with SME) data transfer and information exchange is often on paper

• While more data exchange to monitor business processes in the chain would be welcome

There is a need for ABCDEF’s:

Agri-Business Collaboration and Data Exchange Facility

FIspace is such a collaboration facility, built in the FI-PPP

Envision that....

Firms could find each other and connect like in social media (LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Wordpress)

Also to specify their workflow / contracts in a ‘conversation’.

Firms then could start to stream data between each other– like you upload a photo or video on Google+ to one of your ‘circles’

Linked Open Data: invoices, ‘Internet of Things’ sensor data

Making a choice in using standards like EDI, XBRL etc. Although compared to Facebook firms might like to have more

control on access to their data (possible with web services and access rights),

and do not need storage of their data

Firms could buy apps (that work with the data streams and enrich such “open” (and big) data to provide advice)

THAT IS WHAT FIspace WILL DELIVER

FIspace platform High Level Architecture

Front-End

FIspace Store

Real-time B2B Collaboration

Core

System & Data Integration

Security, Privacy, and Trust Management

Operating Environment

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I2ND

IoT

IoC

IoS

S&T

GENERIC ENABLERS

DEVELOPMENT TOOLKIT

Base Technologies

Validation

1. Crop Protection

Information Sharing

2. Greenhouse

Management &

Control

3. Fish Distribution &

(Re-)Planning

4. Fresh Fruit and

Vegetables QA

5. Flowers & Plants SC

Chain Monitoring

6. Meat Information

Provenance

7. Import & Export of

Consumer Goods

8. Tailored Information

for Consumers

9

Technical Overall Platform Approach

Deployed in the Cloud

Future Internet Core Platform

I2ND IoT Cloud IoS

Real World Integration

Service Provisioning & Consumption

Ubiquitous Broadband

Connectivity

Infrastructure Virtualization

SPT

Security & Reliability

Generic Enablers

FI-CODE

Tool Support

FIspace: Extensible SaaS

App 1 App 3 App n …

Collab. Workflow 1

… Collab.

Workflow k

Extension Mechanism 2: Configurable Collaborative

Workflows

Extension Mechanism 1: Addition of value-add functionality through Apps

User

FIspace approach for Software Mass Customisation

FIspace App Store

My FIspace

Develop Apps

Pre-configure User Systems

Configure & Use Systems

FIspace Platform

Single App Configuration

App developer Business Architect User (farmer, coop)

Data sharing with FIspace

FI-PPP Programme Architecture

90 M€ 80 M€ 130 M€

Accelerators

Impact of ABCDEF’s on the food chain

International market for platforms and apps; replace the current Farm Management Information Systems

Also a market for data ?

New types of contracts: e.g. service level agreements on machine use

End-to-end tracking and tracing

Virtualisation of food chains

Emergence of direct farmer-consumer markets supported by ICT.

More data analysis, more sustainable production

How more data contributes to current business models

Transport

loyalty Small Cost price GRIN

Transport Transport

Input industries Farmer Food processor Retail / consumer Software

Provider

Logistics solution providers

Service cope with retail

Sustainability Health Food Safety Feed the growing world

Precision Farming: better control

Better management decision

Sophisticated Technology, More advise

Segment products and

input suppliers; Benchmark with

competitors

Consumer decision support (pre- and after

sales)

Better service concepts, e.g. in store replenishment

More information from our website:

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