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Providing Nourishment fora Growing World
THE SMARTAGRICULTURESOLUTION
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THE CHALLENGES OF FOOD PRODUCTION
THE RISE OF PRECISION AGRICULTURE
THE SMART AGRICULTURE SOLUTION
THE POWER OF COLLABORATION
DATA LIFE CYCLE
Process Planning and Process Execution
Process Control
MIS Integration
SOLUTION MODULES
Virtual Path Module
Variable Rate Application Module
Web Portal
ABOUT HEXAGON SOLUTIONS
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CONTENTS
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THE
CHALLENGESOF FOODPRODUCTION
By 2050, the global consumption of food will have
tripled to accommodate the world population, which
is expected to grow by 50 per cent. Although
individual consumption will more than double in
some areas, 900 million people still will suffer from
starvation or insufficient food availability.
When it comes to providing food for the world, there
are a number of critical factors that affect production
including availability of land, accessibility of water
and sustainability in agriculture.
Only 11 per cent of the planets land is considered fit
for growing crops. Increased occurrences of natural
disasters such as droughts and floods have ha d a
catastrophic impact on the availability of usable land.
Further complicating the problem is soil degradation,
which causes an estimated 20 per cent decline in food
production in the worlds most fertile areas every year.
In addition, the use of arable areas for food growing
has shifted to other activities cattle production and
urban occupation are competing with agriculture.
Smart Agriculture from Hexagon Solutions addresses
these issues with a comprehensive solution that
helps increase productivity, reduce waste and optimise
processes and resources.
Smart Agriculture covers the entire life cycle of the
agriculture process, keeping farmers abreast of crop
management and production through digital workflows
created from geo-enabled data. With Smart Agriculture,
information and action work together to increase
efficiency and improve crop yields while saving costs.
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THE RISE OF PRECISIONAGRICULTURE
Adoption of precision agriculture
has changed the way famers and
agribusinesses see their land. Once
treated uniformly, fields are now being
micromanaged for higher productivity,
better margins and lower waste.
Much of precision agriculture,or site-specific
farming, has been made possible
by combining the global positioning
system (GPS) and geographic information
systems (GIS). These technologies enable
coupli ng of real-time data collection with
accurate position information, leading to
efficient manipulation and analysis of
large amounts of geospatial data.
GPS-based applications in precision
farming are being used for:
Farm planning
Field mapping
Soil sampling
Tractor guidance
Crop scouting
Variable rate applications
Yield mapping
GPS also allows farmers to work during
low-visibility field conditions such as rain,
dust, fog and darkness.
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The Smart Agriculture solution combines
Intergraph geo-processing software and
Leica Geosystems steering solutions
to build a comprehensive solution that
covers the life cycle of the agriculture
process. Smart Agriculture keeps farmers
abreast of crop creation, production and
progression through digital crop
workflows created from geo-enabled
data. With Smart Agriculture, information
is collected and analysed, and action
is taken to optimise processes, thereby
increasing efficiency to improve yield
while saving costs.
GPS-enabled equipment keeps track
of which areas have been covered and
which areas still need to be addressed,
assuring that no areas are missed.
Micromanaging, online sensors
identify targets in real time, feeding
an onboard computer information
and assessing whether to act,
avoiding unnecessary usage of seeds,
pesticides and fertilisers.
THE
SMAR
T
AGRICULT
URE
SOLUTION
Prices of fossil fuels are rising every year
and supply is limited. With a growing
population, consumption rises and bigger
and more effective mass transportation
solutions are needed.
Ethanol has proved to be one of the best
solutions for renewable power sources,
lowering environmental impact and
reducing dependence on fossil fuels.
The growing demand for ethanol in a
highly competitive market has created
a perfect opportunity for the earlyadoption of precision agriculture,
especially for sugarcane producers.
Hexagon Solutions offers a comprehensive
software solution that can analyse data
obtained in the fields to help decide
the best use of land, water, fert ilise rs,
pesticides, seeds and other farming
resources to minimise risk and
optimise production.
High-yield agriculture with optimisedprocesses helps reduce the amountof grasslands and forests that mustbe cleared for farming. This reducesthe amount of biomass burned and thegreenhouse gas emissions that resultfrom such clearings, which helps slowthe pace of global warming.
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THE POWER OFCOLLABORATION
Leica Geosystems has long been a leader
in the machine control field, automating
farm equipment via guidance systems for
agriculture. By adding Hexagon Geospatials
GIS and imagery analysis capabilities, the
process is further refined, allowing farmers in
the field to fine tune their crop management.
Powerful airborne photogrammetry
solutions provide farmers access to
sophisticated maps that illustrate which
areas have been seeded to help prevent
over-seeding. This information can be
used to develop a history of the crop yield,enabling farmers to decide how each crop
or area should be treated individually. The
same methodology also can be applied
to water usage, fertilisation and fuel
consumption, giving crops the right amount
of what they need, thereby improving yield
and cost savings while eliminating waste.
Smart Agriculture is helping ethanoland sugar producers increase their cropyield and optimise the performanceof workers and machines, as well asimprove production logistics by designingplantations based on available land,topography and ideal planting time.
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DATA
LIFECYCLE
MIS Integration
Integration with product planning
Integration with external systems
Historical reporting and analysis
Process Planning
Topography and plot design
Harvesting planning
Auto-generation of autopilot lines
Agriculture Data Warehouse
Process Execution
Loading line to the autopilotDigital analysis of soil variables
Variable rate application
Process Control
Productivity controlAerial survey with drones
Image analysis of crops
PROCESSPLANNING
From image processing software that
provides a precise satellite or airborne
photogrammetry view of land use
to production planning software with
sophisticated optimisation algorithms,
Smart Agriculture provides farmerscomplete information to make smart
decisions. The plantation design can
take into account topography, water
usage, plot design, transportation and
other resources, thereby improving yield
and saving costs with minimum waste.
During the planning phase, plantation
and autopilot lines are designed with
the computer based on topographic
characteristics, availability of resources
and soil. What-if scenarios give the
designer several alternatives, aiming
for higher production returns while
keeping investments.
PROCESSEXECUTION
Efficiency and effectiveness are key
to agriculture management, and
Smart Agri culture enables farmers to
excel at both.
Autopilot and guidance systems allowtractors and other machines to follow
directions with precision.
From the soil analysis, Smart Agriculture
Variable Rate Application (VRA) software
helps calculate the correct amount of
fertilisers and pesticides that must be
applied to the fields.
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MIS INTEGRATION
The Smart Agriculture solution integrates
with other management information systems
(MIS), providing the flexibility to bring
together third-party tools and data systems
for cross referencing and better decision
making by the farm manager.
The solution can render maps utilising a variety
of sources including ERP software, GIS
systems and other corporative systems.
It also can store imported data including
terrain models, machinery models and
automatic pilot (planting, pulverization and
harvest), and provide analysis and reporting.
Managers and administrators can makesmarter and more informed decisions with
an overall look at planting and harvesting
processes via a web portal, available any time
and from anywhere.
Monitoring systems with special rules and
triggers can warn farmers when important
events need their attention.
PROCESS CONTROL Forecasting production is easier to managewith the help of digital imaging. The softwarecan identify defects such as infestation in
the crops and the exact stage of the crop
maturity, leading to maximum productivity
when harvested.
Machine surveillance and control provide
farmers a high degree of precision and help
transportation on the farm, and unmanned
aerial vehicles (UAVs) or satellites can provide
multifrequency images.
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SOLUTI
ON
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DUL
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VIRTUAL PATHMODULEField productivity can be heightened by
increasing the number of lines per acre, and
land usage enhanced by optimising the
line design. The line data is fed into the
trucks during planting operations and to the
harvestin g machines to help them avoid running
over lines that already have been planted.
These lines are an important asset to the
farm and must be treated accordingly. The
Smart Agriculture Virtual Path module can
help design, edit, multiply and store the lines
for future use.
Key functions:
Automatic generation of path lines with a
smarter algorithm
Trimming the path lines at the end of fields
Statistical reporting including a
higher-detail forecasting function
Easy configuration, with all parameters
defined in one place
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VARIABLE RATEAPPLICATION MODULE
Key functions:
Optimised distribution of sampling datapoints with GPS integration
Storage of historical data for trend
analysis
Precision interpolation algorithm
Cross-analysis of fertilisation and
production to estimate field productivity
WEB PORTAL
Key functions:
Centralised way to manage and visualisegeographic-related farm information
Provides decision makers a fast and
simple way to:
Store and retrieve geo-basedinformation (actual and historical)
Analyse and cross-analyse geo-basedinformation
Transfer geo-based i nformation withinapplications
Easy integration with third-party software
tools for visualisation and analysis
To execute a precise soil analysis, the first
step is to collect geolocated soil samples.
Smart Agriculture can help you define where
the samples should be collected.
The data from the sample analysis is input
to the software and interpolated with special
algorithms. The results are recommendations
of the correction/fertilisation maps that can
be used in the VRA equipment.
The web portal enables all agribusiness
personnel to access information about the
plantation. Graphically select the areas
and retrieve data on status, productivity,
resources and other agricultural activities.
Decisions can be made more securely when
executives take advantage of the maps and
graphics available through the portal. A
flexible, open interface allows access and
integration to third-party software, whose
data also can be displayed in the maps.
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Although studying behavior, statistics
and trends helps us predict what lies
ahead,the future is never promised.The
challenges related to producing food for
the world are enormous, and technology
will continue to play an increasingly
important role in providing the solutions.
Hexagon and its global network of brands
are committed to providing solutions
for the agriculture industry, specifically
focused on increasing productivity,
reducing waste and optimising
processes and resources.
A SOLUTION FORCHANGING GLOBALCONSUMPTION
ABOUT HEXAGONSOLUTIONS
Hexagon Solutions offers the next generation of
Smart Solutions based on integrated industrial
and geospatial technologies within the Hexagon
technology portfolio from industrial and geospatial
sensors and data and document management to
process and visualisation software. As a result, the
value to our customers goes well beyond what each
stand-alone product offers, providing high quality
and performance in integrated enterprise offerings.
For more information, visit hexagon-solutions.com.
Hexagon Solutions is part of Hexagon (Nordic
exchange: HEXA B; hexagon.com), a leading global
provider of design, measurement and visualisationtechnologies that enable customers to design,
measure and position objects and process and
present data.
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