SMALI Operational Group: Intelligent lighting system to promote crop growth based on biological agents
- Type Operational group
- Status In progress
- Execution 2023 -2025
- Assigned Budget 279.070,00 €
- Scope Autonómico
- Autonomous community Andalucía
- Project website GO SMALI
From a technical perspective, SMALI will represent a significant advance in precision agriculture within greenhouses, improving both the efficiency and sustainability of the production process. The main expected effects include:
- Increased crop productivity and quality: Precise lighting control allows for optimal plant growth, resulting in higher yields and improved product quality.
- Reduction in water and energy consumption: Thanks to efficient LED technology and the use of real-time data, the system will optimize resource use, reducing operating costs and minimizing environmental impact.
- Agricultural Sustainability: By improving the efficiency of resource use such as water and fertilizers, and reducing the need for chemicals, SMALI will promote more sustainable and environmentally friendly agriculture.
- Reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions: Improving crop yields and optimizing production space will contribute to a reduction in emissions associated with agricultural production.
- Job creation and economic opportunities: The adoption of this technology will create new employment opportunities, not only in the operation of the system, but also in the creation of businesses related to technological innovation in agriculture.
The estimated duration of the Project will be 24 months, and the activities and tasks will be distributed as follows: .
- Documentary phase.
- State of the art and analysis of the methodologies used.
- Experimental phase.
- Design of systems and strategies for crop improvement.
- Development of systems for the application of techniques to improve crops and their ecosystems.
- Field application and evaluation of results.
- Report writing phase.
- Realization of deliverables.
- Dissemination phase.
- Disclosure of results.
The objective focuses on improving crop yield and the well-being of auxiliary fauna through the use of a new intelligent lighting system that will self-regulate based on the needs of the crop and its ecosystem. This offers the implementation of a new technological tool for managing the crop and its ecosystem, providing added value in terms of precision and resource optimization in decision-making, with the aim of achieving greater and better production. Specifically, this involves the combination of lighting technology, computer vision, artificial intelligence algorithms, ICTs, and IoT, supported by their sustainable and efficient use.
The main expected effects include:
- Increased crop productivity and quality: Precise lighting control allows for optimal plant growth, resulting in higher yields and improved product quality.
- Reduction in water and energy consumption: Thanks to efficient LED technology and the use of real-time data, the system will optimize resource use, reducing operating costs and minimizing environmental impact.
- Agricultural Sustainability: By improving the efficiency of resource use such as water and fertilizers, and reducing the need for chemicals, SMALI will promote more sustainable and environmentally friendly agriculture.
- Reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions: Improving crop yields and optimizing production space will contribute to a reduction in emissions associated with agricultural production.
- Job creation and economic opportunities: The adoption of this technology will create new employment opportunities, not only in the operation of the system, but also in the creation of businesses related to technological innovation in agriculture.
- Coordinator/entity name: Foundation for Auxiliary Technologies in Agriculture
- Postal address: Innovation Avenue 23, PITA Technology Park, 04131 El Alquián, Almería.
- Coordinator/entity email: mcgalera@fundaciontecnova.com
- Telephone: 950290822
- Fundación para las Tecnologías Auxilaires de la Agricultura
- Fundación para las Tecnologías Auxilaires de la Agricultura (mcgalera@fundaciontecnova.com)
- Universidad de Córdoba (isabel.moreno@uco.es)
- Newlite Lighting Technology SL ()
- Bioline Iberia SL (aicontreras@biolineagrosciences.com)
- Unica Group SCA (jamunoz@unica.es)
- Fundación para las Tecnologías Auxilaires de la Agricultura
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