On the 30th of November, the PLANtAR Project had its 1st Review Meeting with the PENTA Commission. In an online meeting, all the Work Package and the Use Case leaders presented to the Reviewers the overall project status, achieved results, and gave a glimpse into near-future plans and activities. The global pandemic made the first year of the project rather challenging and turbulent, however, consortium members handled these challenges well and made notable progress on the project, which was noted by the Reviewers. We begin the second year with full enthusiasm and hope that the 2nd Review will be held face-to-face

  • Miniaturized monitoring sensor systems for plants and agriculture

    Miniaturized monitoring sensor systems for plants and agriculture

    [PLANtAR]

Project Vision

PLANtAR aims to develop cost-efficient, miniaturized, networked and partly biodegradable monitoring electronics to help tackle one of the world’s biggest challenges: producing enough food over 9 billion people while also protecting the environment. In order to solve the dilemma between high-yield intensive agriculture and environmental protection, cross-sector approaches are required, with digitization playing a key role.

Project Goals

New kinds of electronic sensors, actuators, networks and other digital technologies can increase efficiency and improve environmental sustainability in many agricultural applications. Whether in fields, in greenhouses or in the new domains of indoor and urban farming (which now accounts for 20% of global food production), digital technologies have the potential to enable holistic monitoring of production and growing conditions. Sensors can provide timely warnings of plant stress and / or diseases. By measuring factors such as soil moisture, EC and content of nitrogen, ammonia, surface temperature, solar radiation, CO2 and detecting pests and plant pathogens, digital technologies can help significantly increase yields per cultivated area. And at the same time, they can assist in reducing water, energy, fertilizer and pesticide use.

Project Outcome

NEWS

Third Year Meeting

Third Year Meeting

On the 24th and 25th of October, the PLANtARs partners came again together, this time in Spain,

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Smart System Integration conference 2023

Smart System Integration conference 2023

The PLANtAR project was present on the Smart System Integration conference 2023 in Bruges. The

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Third Half Year Meeting

Third Half Year Meeting

On the 17th and 18th of April, the PLANtARs partners came together in the

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EFECS 2022

EFECS 2022

EFECS is the international forum to ‘Create impact by collaborative innovation! for an

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PLANtAR second half year Meeting

PLANtAR second half year Meeting

On the 15th of June, the PLANtAR Project organized its second half year meeting which has been

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2nd Review Meeting

2nd Review Meeting

The 2nd Review Meeting took place on the 6th of December 2022 in Munic, Germany at the Infineon

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PUBLICATIONS


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FUNDING

WE ARE PROUD TO BE WORKING TOGETHER WITH OUR PARTNERS AND FUNDERS.

 

Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung

Education, research and innovation are the central fields of action for Germany's future. The federal government

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Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland

The Netherlands Enterprise Agency supports entrepreneurs, NGOs, knowledge institutes and organisations. We aim to

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Partners

KEY APPLICATION AREAS

  • Digital Industry
  • Systems and Components: Architecture, Design & Integration
  • Process Technology, Equipment, Materials and Manufacturing for ECS

COUNTRIES INVOLVED

  • Germany
  • Netherlands
  • Spain

Fraunhofer ENAS

The Fraunhofer Institute for Electronic Nano Systems ENAS is the specialist and development partner in the field of

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Freudenberg

The Freudenberg Industrie Siebdruck GmbH is a modern, medium-sized screen-printing company located in

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Infineon

Infineon Technologies AG (IFAG), Neubiberg, Germany, is a world leader in semiconductor solutions that make life easier, safer and greener.

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KSI Meinsberg

The Kurt Schwabe Institut für Mess- und Sensortechnik Meinsberg e.V. (KSI Meinsberg) has more than 75 years of experience in

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Alteria

Alteria Automation SL is a high-tech engineering company based in Madrid since 2017. Its activity is focused on the development,

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Grodan

We supply innovative and sustainable stone wool growing media solutions for the professional horticultural sector, based on Precision Growing

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Alianza Nanotecnologia Diagnostica

Alianza Nanotecnológica Diagnóstica ASJ S.L. (ANT) is a company created in 2020, which was born with the aim of meeting

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Evalan

Evalan is a fast-growing and innovative development and engineering partner in the field of the Internet of Things. We cover the complete IoT

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Wageningen

Wageningen Research (WR) is a collection of specialized agricultural focused research institutes in the Netherlands. It collaborates

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IMEC

Stichting IMEC Nederland (IMEC-NL) is located at the High Tech Campus in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, and is part of Holst Centre, an independent

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Munisense

Munisense provides online and real-time insight into noise, water quality and groundwater levels. This allows managers and policymakers to

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Alphasip

AlphaSIP Santa Clara intends to take advantage of its acquired experience and technology in the clinical field in order to develop new

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Hansenhof

Since over 20 years Hansenhof_electronic is engaged with mobile sensor systems and applications in agriculture, since more than 10 years

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