A domestic knowledge-based company has developed a wireless sensor network (WSN) that helps increase the efficiency of poultry farms and greenhouses, and minimizes unwanted losses.
Nafis Pardazeshgar Danesh Company (also known as NAPADA) is a knowledge-based enterprise that has responded to the technological needs of these fields by undertaking research and development, the news portal of Vice-Presidency for Science and Technology reported.
Aghil Kashir, the company’s CEO, emphasized that the Alertis wireless sensor network can be used in all kinds of industrial centers, especially poultry farms and greenhouses, with a sensing area of over 1 kilometer.
Poultry owners need to constantly check and control various parameters such as temperature and weather conditions. The use of smart system provides real-time information about the poultry farm or greenhouse.
The company’s CEO said increasing the profitability of poultry farms by reducing grain and medicinal consumption, preventing chicken temperature shock and reducing the conversion factor in traditional and modern halls are among the advantages of this knowledge-based network.
WSN could be used to manage all types of greenhouses and increase their productivity.
NAPADA produces various sensors, in addition to offering design, monitoring and consultation services in agricultural fields.
Kashir noted that industrial incubator is another product of this company used in microbiology, cell biology and other related fields.
An incubator is used in laboratories to cultivate and grow biological samples such as cells or microbes. It provides suitable conditions for their growth by controlling humidity, temperature, oxygen and carbon dioxide levels.
“All NAPADA products have a 24-month warranty and are guaranteed to work efficiently with a free five-year backup service,” he said.
Knowledge-Based Firm Develops Portable Meteorological System
A knowledge-based company has developed a portable agricultural meteorological system to meet the country’s needs in the field.
Currently, engineering sciences related to agriculture and food industry are much more sophisticated than in the past, according to the CEO of Yazd Electronics Engineering Company.
“Fields such as the Internet of Things, electronic engineering and data analysis, and satellites play a key role in this industry, and the company has focused on these fields,” Vali Kamali Moghaddam was also quoted as saying by the news portal of Vice-Presidency for Science and Technology.
“One of the products of this company is the production of meteorological stations for agriculture, which provide farmers with the necessary data as per the global standards of agricultural meteorology,” he added.
In general, the agro meteorological system is used to forecast weather and crop yield accurately and control the physical environment as far as possible. The latter consists of predicting frost and drought, growing windbreaks, adopting flood control measures and modifying temperature and humidity in fields and greenhouses.
Moghaddam said the sensors embedded in these portable stations are produced domestically. He added that a platform has also been produced to convert the information of these meteorological stations into understandable and easy data.
For instance, through this platform, the farmer is told what is the best time to harvest or spray pesticide, according to the system’s forecast of weather, humidity and temperature.
“The knowledge-based company has also designed a cheaper product for smaller farms of one or two hectares, which shows basic and essential data such as temperature and humidity, by eliminating more detailed features,” he added.
Moghaddam said the company has also designed a monitoring system used in greenhouses and chicken farms, which measures parameters such as carbon monoxide, ammonia, temperature and humidity.
“This information is very important for the owner of these units, as it helps save resources such as water and fertilizers in greenhouses, and prevents serious losses in poultry farms,” he added.
Currently, several advanced knowledge-based companies are active in the fields of agricultural engineering, such as agricultural satellites and the Internet of Things.
