Daniel Jiménez R.

d.jimenez@cigar.org

@drdarijiro

Trends for tomorrow: Fostering a

Revolution in Agriculture

ICT for Agriculture June 10th

Washington DC

#ICTforAg

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Agronomists + Informatics = Agronomicians!!!

Satellite

DSM

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Air-truth and ground-truth information

Satellite imagery - Remote sensing

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Air-truth and ground-truth information

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“Big data is an umbrella term used to characterize the

growing amounts of data that may be analyzed to reveal insights that were previously unknown”

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Agriculture Embracing the IoT Vision

- Multiple linear regression (OLS)

- Factorial analysis (PCA, MCA, CATPCA…)

- Generalized linear model

- Mixed Models

- Time series

Traditional methods

Methods based on machine, deep learning

- Supervised and unnsupervised ANNS (MLP, SOM)

- Random Forest

- C-Forest

- Genetic Algorithms

Data Mining

Yield

Nu

mb

er

of

plo

ts

What it actually is…

Small- scale farmers? Not always normal distribution !

Data Mining

YieldNu

mb

er

of

plo

ts

What people think it is…

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Kohonen maps- Optimal values of effective soil depth associated with high yields Freq Temp Max ^34C

Amount of seeds (Kg/Ha)

Yie

ld(k

g/h

a)

Crop management- rice in Nicaragua- Farm Miramontes

Yie

ld(T

on

s/h

a)

Days maximum temperature above 34 C

Climate in rice - Uruguay- Casarone Mill

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Nitrogen rate wheat trial in Cambridge- Newcastle University

Business as usual

Climate Soil Cropmanagement Productivity

/Quality

Site-specificinformation

Yield and quality limitingfactors

favorable/unfavorableClimatic patterns

Optimal site-specific management practices

Fostering a revolution in Data-Driven Climate Smart Agriculture

A complementary bottom-up approach:Information from commercial fields

Amount of chemical Fertilizer (Kg/ha)

Yiel

d (

Kg

/ha)

25 – 30 kg P /ha right amount for maize plants in Córdoba.

Amount of P (kg/ha)

Yie

ld (

kg/h

a)Total amount of P

The case of maize in Córdoba and Beans in Santander (Colombia )

Yie

ldK

g/H

a

Amount of chemical Fertilizer Kg/Ha

Why more than 300 kg Fertilizer /ha for Beans in Santander Colombia?

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Site-Specific breeding

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Democratization

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Fostering a new revolution in agriculture

R(e)volution

• Breeding

Green BiotechData-driven

• Agro-chemicals• Molecular

biotechnology

• ICTs• IoT

• Satellites-Drones• Big Data

• Data-Driven CSA• Site-specific breeding

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The emerging field of "A-geek-ulture" complements traditional agricultural research by

using ICTs to help address key agricultural challenges. It is often undertaken by scientists with

an unusually keen interest in statistics and new technology ("geeks").

Thank you!!!

#ItsColombiaNotColumbia

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A data revolution in agriculture