Value: 776417.87 €
CETRAD Value: 0.00 €
Financier: Fundo Europeu de Desenvolvimento Regional (FEDER) através do COMPETE 2020 – Programa Operacional Competitividade e Internacionalização (POCI-01-0247-FEDER-003447)
Research Group: Society , Territory, Resources and Policies
Research Line: Agri-food Systems, Forest and Sustainability in Rural Areas
Geral Coordinator : Joaquim João Moreira de Sousa (UTAD)
CETRAD Coordinator: Ricardo Jorge e Silva Bento
Members Involved:
Partners:
Agri-Ciência, Consultores de Engenharia, Lda. ; INIAV - Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, I.P. ; Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo ; Tekever ASDS, Lda ; UTAD - Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro ;
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Project PARRA aims at developing a set of technologies that contribute to increase the capacity to mitigate the effects of Flavescence Dorée in vineyards. The impacts of this disease are particularly intense, since the only measure available upon its detection are quarantine and removing the affected plants, with consequent economic effects. Large scale detection and early application of control measures are thus important tools in preventing the spread of this disease and minimizing its negative effects. In this context, project PARRA will develop technologies for automatic detection of this disease in vineyards, exploring different types of remote sensors in UAVs to enable faster detection at lower financial cost. Collected data will be processed through a set of analysis and detection algorithms to be developed within the project. These algorithms will automatically analyse data and detect areas with high probability of incidence of Flavescence Dorée. Furthermore, these data and related processes are integrated in an operational management platform, which manages all data, organizes processes and generates reports. In this manner, the project will develop an integrated solution reaching preindustrial technological maturity level by the end of the project, thus allowing a fast transition to market after the end of the project. Complementing its operational objectives, the approach of project PARRA is based on the development of a set of capacities aiming at maximizing the impact of results and generating products and services of high added value, exploring both the national and international market. PARRA’s approach also ensures the development of a Scalable solution, both in terms of size and usage application by different stakeholders. The PARRA solution will be Expandable to new algorithms and future sensors, enabling continuous evolution, and Interoperable with different types of interfaces and technologies. Flexibility is another important characteristic of the platform to be developed, by making available a process management mechanism for operational activities which, depending on the stakeholder’s objectives, allows complimentary development of new capacities of data analysis (e.g. temporal and geographical series, etc.) as well as interfaces with already existing applications, to efficiently integrate these applications with PARRA.