The relevance of optical sensors in precision agriculture is steadily growing, owing to their ability to furnish comprehensive insights into crop conditions. Technologies like computer vision systems, hyperspectral cameras, and…
Effective use of crop protection products necessitates adjusting application rates to match vegetation characteristics. There is a critical need for fast and efficient methodologies to reliably estimate crop parameters. Innovations…
Fran Garcia is an associate professor at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), in the Agriculture Mechanisation Unit. Together with his colleague Emilio Gil, they lead and coordinate the Work…
One of the key objectives of NOVATERRA is to develop an advanced Decision Support System (DSS) for managing olive trees and grapevines’ pests and diseases, providing support in the decision-making…
In Novaterra, a multi-scale fusion is proposed to improve the perception and characterization of the vegetation in both olive trees and vineyards through the combination of aerial images via satellites,…
One of objectives of NOVATERRA project is the development of a system to carry out variable rate application of plant protection products based on canopy maps made from satellite images.…
Integrated novel strategies for reducing the use and impact of pesticides, towards sustainable mediterranean vineyards and olive groves
The NOVATERRA project has received funding from the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 grant agreement number 101000554.