What is environmental monitoring in agriculture?

What is environmental monitoring in agriculture?

Agri-environmental monitoring refers to real-time or periodic monitoring and assessment of environmental elements in agricultural production. It monitors and records key environmental parameters such as farmland, climate, air quality, water resources, etc. through the use of a variety of sensors and monitoring equipment in order to keep abreast of changes in the agricultural production environment and to provide a scientific basis for agricultural management and decision-making.

Agricultural environmental monitoring usually involves the following aspects:

1. soil monitoring: including monitoring of soil moisture, temperature, pH, nutrient content and other parameters, which is used to assess soil fertility, moisture status and conditions suitable for crop cultivation.

2. meteorological monitoring: including monitoring of temperature, humidity, wind speed, precipitation and other meteorological parameters, which is used to understand the impact of climate change on crop growth, to predict weather conditions and to make rational agricultural management and decision-making.

3. water quality monitoring: including monitoring of water quality parameters such as pH, dissolved oxygen, nitrogen and phosphorus content of groundwater, rivers, lakes and other water bodies, which is used to assess the status of water quality and to protect water resources and the sustainability of agricultural irrigation.

4. Air quality monitoring: Monitoring of atmospheric environmental parameters such as air temperature, humidity, carbon dioxide concentration, etc., in the vicinity of farmland, which is used to understand the degree of atmospheric pollution to which crops are exposed and to predict the spread of pests and diseases.

5. plant physiological monitoring: monitoring indicators such as photosynthesis rate, transpiration rate, and chlorophyll content of plant leaves to assess plant growth, nutrient uptake, and health status.

Agri-environmental monitoring can help farmers understand the trend of changes in the farmland environment, identify problems in time and take appropriate measures to improve crop yield and quality, and reduce risks and losses in agricultural production. By combining monitoring data with agricultural management systems and decision support systems, intelligent agricultural management and the implementation of precision agriculture can also be achieved.

Agricultural environmental sensors have many advantages in agricultural production, here are some of the main advantages:

Improve agricultural production efficiency: agricultural environmental sensors can monitor environmental factors such as soil, air, water quality and other environmental factors in real time, providing accurate environmental data for farmers and growers to help them develop more scientific and reasonable planting and management programmes, thus improving agricultural production efficiency.

Saving resources: through the monitoring of environmental factors, agricultural environmental sensors can help farmers and growers to achieve precise fertiliser application, water-saving irrigation and other resource use efficiency, avoid waste and reduce agricultural production costs.

Improve crop yield and quality: agricultural environmental sensors can monitor the growing environment and physiological state of crops, timely detection and resolution of problems affecting crop yield and quality, thus improving crop yield and quality.

Promote the sustainable development of agriculture: agricultural environmental sensors can help farmers and growers to understand and improve the agro-ecological environment, and realise the sustainable development of agriculture.

Realise automation and intelligent management: agricultural environmental sensors can be combined with other intelligent devices, such as drones and intelligent robots, to realise automation and intelligence in agricultural production management, reduce farmers' labour intensity, and improve agricultural production efficiency and management level.

Enhancement of agricultural anti-risk ability: through the monitoring of environmental factors and crop growth status, agricultural environmental sensors can help farmers and growers to predict and respond to natural disasters, pests and diseases and other risks in a timely manner, and enhance the risk-resistant ability of agriculture.

In summary, agricultural environmental sensors have many advantages such as improving agricultural production efficiency, saving resources, improving crop yield and quality, promoting sustainable development of agriculture, realising automation and intelligent management, and enhancing agricultural risk-resistant ability, etc., which is an important support for the development of modern agriculture.

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