{"id":1749,"date":"2024-10-01T15:42:03","date_gmt":"2024-10-01T15:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.uga.edu\/team-research\/?post_type=projects&p=1749"},"modified":"2024-10-01T15:42:03","modified_gmt":"2024-10-01T15:42:03","slug":"future-agriculture-joining-the-force-of-farmers-machines-sensors-social-science-and-data-science","status":"publish","type":"projects","link":"https:\/\/research.uga.edu\/team-research\/projects\/future-agriculture-joining-the-force-of-farmers-machines-sensors-social-science-and-data-science\/","title":{"rendered":"Future Agriculture: Joining the Force of Farmers, Machines, Sensors, Social Science and Data Science"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Teaming for Interdisciplinary Research Pre-Seed Program<\/span><\/h1>\n

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Future Agriculture: Joining the Force of Farmers, Machines, Sensors, Social Science and Data Science<\/span><\/h3>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1642018498769{margin-right: 0px !important;border-right-width: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;}”][vc_single_image image=”811″ img_size=”full” alignment=”right” css=”.vc_custom_1698246006688{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-right: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;margin-left: 0px !important;border-right-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;background-color: #004e60 !important;}”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1595855041843{margin-top: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2\/3″][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]Agriculture contributes approximately $73.3 billion annually to Georgia\u2019s economy, according to the UGA Center for Agribusiness & Economic Development. <\/span>As challenges such as climate change, growing global population, and resource constraints loom, it’s imperative that we harness the power of technology to sustainably amplify agricultural productivity. <\/span>However, technology is not a panacea; with boosted efficiency and productivity, modern farming is becoming more stressful physically and mentally; 240 agricultural workers report a workplace injury each day, and farmers have the third highest suicide rate of any occupation, making farming one of the most dangerous jobs in Georgia. <\/span>This project aims at enhancing the yield and farm productivity, while also ensuring the mental and physical well-being of farmers and agricultural workers, leading to holistic agriculture system improvement. <\/span>This project will design, validate and promote future agriculture with a holistic agriculture system.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A systematic approach is needed in agriculture, yet it remains missing in current practice. <\/span>This project will connect (1) cost-effective sensors and instrumentations for specific farm needs (Drs. Glen Rains, Hongyue Sun, Beshoy Morkos, Kenan Song and Haijian Sun), (2) satellite and drone imaging for crop health monitoring, land mapping, and yield monitoring (Drs. Mehmet Kurum and Guoyu Lu), (3) social science and ergonomics to track and investigate farmers\u2019 mental and physical fatigue (Drs. Hongyue Sun and Anna Scheyett), and (4) data science and computer vision to process data from sensors, satellites, drones and environment to derive actionable insights and predictive models for decision-making in agriculture system (Drs. Hongyue Sun and Guoyu Lu).\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This project will help improve agriculture systems\u2019 well-being, with improved productivity, reduced farmer risks, reduced uncertainties, ensuring optimal planning and financial stability. Embracing this multi-pronged approach will usher in a new era of agriculture. The project is beneficial to the general society to enhance food security and form prosperous farming communities.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>We anticipate that this work will attract external funding from sources such as the USDA NIFA program, NSF CPS and Future of Work programs, and NIOSH.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Team Lead<\/h4>\n

Hongyue Sun<\/span><\/strong>
\nhs03830@uga.edu<\/a><\/span>
\nCollege: College of Engineering<\/span><\/span>
<\/span>Department: ECAM<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Team Members<\/h4>\n

Kenan Song<\/strong>
\nCollege: College of Engineering<\/span>
\nDepartment: ECAM<\/span><\/p>\n

Haijian Sun<\/strong>
\nCollege: College of Engineering<\/span>
\nDepartment: ECE<\/span><\/p>\n

Mehmet Kurum<\/strong>
\nCollege: College of Engineering<\/span>
\nDepartment: ECE<\/span><\/p>\n

Guoyu Lu<\/strong>
\nCollege: College of Engineering<\/span>
\nDepartment: ECE<\/span><\/p>\n

Beshoy Morkos<\/strong>
\nCollege: College of Engineering<\/span>
\nDepartment: ECAM<\/span><\/p>\n

Glen Rains <\/strong>
\nCollege: College of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences<\/span>
\nDepartment: Entomology<\/span><\/p>\n

Anna Scheyett<\/strong>
\nCollege: College of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences<\/span>
\nDepartment: Social Work<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[],"class_list":["post-1749","projects","type-projects","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.uga.edu\/team-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/projects\/1749"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.uga.edu\/team-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/projects"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.uga.edu\/team-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/projects"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/research.uga.edu\/team-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/projects\/1749\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.uga.edu\/team-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.uga.edu\/team-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}