ABOUT THE
PROJECT
SQAT is a 3.5-year project, funded under the Horizon Europe Programme, that focuses on Implementing Smart Farming Applications using EO Data, Soil Sensors & Robotics.
Precise and cost-effective
soil maps.
Near real-time
mapping results
Reduce the need
for lab samples
5 Smart Farming
Applications
MAIN OBJECTIVES:
- Improving access to better soil data in agriculture and leveraging its use to make farming more efficient and profitable.
- Combining advanced technologies to ensures accuracy, quality, and cost-effectiveness of high-resolution soil data (this includes the unique benefits of Copernicus and Galileo satellite data).
- Using novel data we produce to enable new precision agriculture applications.
- Creating and bringing to market project results.
BENEFITS
Precise and cost-effective
soil maps.
Near real-time
mapping results
Reduce the need
for lab samples
5 Smart Farming
Applications
SMART FARMING
APPLICATIONS
- Variable rate liming: Calculate precise liming needs in different field zones and apply lime in different quantities for each zone to meet needs.
- Variable rate macronutrient fertilization: Automate on-field soil properties testing for select macronutrients to automate/optimize mapping operations.
- Variable rate seeding: Seeding density tailored according to different soil properties across a field, minimizing seed costs and promoting individual plant yield & yield quality.
- Variable depth tillage: To avoid soil compaction and optimize fuel efficiency, subsoiling is performed only where needed and at the correct depth.
- Carbon farming MRV solution: Estimation of soil carbon at a high resolution and accuracy to create a science-based, practical, and affordable approach to monitoring, reporting and verification of carbon in farm soils.
WORK PACKAGES:
WP1 MANAGE: Project Management & Coordination
Objective: To ensure smooth and timely implementation of the project through effective project management
and coordination of the consortium.
WP2 INTEGRATE: System Integration & Co-creation
Objective: To deliver the SQAT smart soil mapping system that generates robust soil parameter maps
and calculate site-specific and demand-oriented soil management maps.
WP3 ENABLE: Data Integration &
Smart Farming Applications
Objective: To integrate the novel data from SQAT into Smart Farming Applications to deliver valuable
and actionable information to users.
WP4 GOVERN: Data Management and Governance
Objective: To address key aspects of data management and data governance across project activities
and the data workflows of its expected results.
WP5 PROMOTE: Engagement,
Communication & Dissemination
Objective: To implement a coherent project communication effort in engaging key stakeholders
and to disseminate key results to maximise project impact.
WP6 LAUNCH: Business Modelling,
Commercialisation and Brokerage
Objective: To catalyse uptake and commercialisation of key project results by consortium members
and other stakeholders in order to maximise the impact of the project.