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Robs4Crops - Crop Rotation Technology in Potato Farming Systems
In the Netherlands, ROBS4CROPS will establish a pilot in a potato crop rotation. Netherlands is the 4th largest producer of potatoes and seeds in European Union, with more than 6 million tonnes each year. In this pilot, the Robotti robot produced by AgroIntelli, will be used in a pilot farm where the potato area is up to 50 ha. Presently, heavy conventional tractors are used in combination with various implements to perform most of the field operations which leads to soil structure damage.
The robot used by Robs4Crops weighs 1/3 of the traditional machinery and can be used to perform several operations including early seeding of the main crop, mechanical weeding, hilling, and harvest potato with single-row harvester while minimizing damage to the soil structure. An additional benefits due to the small size of the robot is that can perform mechanical weeding in two directions. The pilot will use the Robotti robot and a smart weeder. The camera-based weeder will be used to weed in sugar beet in the crop rotation.
Country: Netherlands
Crop Rotation in Potato Farming
Technology: Robotti robot, Camera based smart weeder
Partners: AgroIntelli, Stichting Wageningen Research, Abemec, Smart Agri Technology B.V., Agricultural University of Athens