Project name: Autonomous systems as tools for integrated vegetable production
Programme Title: Applied „ZEMĚ“ research programme of the Ministry of Agriculture for the period of 2017–2025
Registration number: QK22010348
Annotation: The aim of the project is to create autonomous systems for weed and crop detection for targeted applications and unification in integrated vegetable production, mechanisms for mechanical weed control for residue-free cultivation and unification. The project monitors efforts to minimize the use of pesticides in accordance with the National Action Plan for the Safe Use of Pesticides in the Czech Republic for 2018-2022, the introduction of an alternative to chemical treatment, increasing the effectiveness of alternative interventions for field vegetables. The project is designed with regard to the decline of farm workers, the promotion of self-sufficiency in crop production and the advent of artificial intelligence.
Total eligible expenditure: 11,751,959 CZK
Physical implementation: 01/2022 – 12/2025
Participants: Czech University of Life Sciences Prague , Research Institute of Agricultural Engineering, p. r. i, Leading Farmers CZ, a.s.
Project coordinator: Asc. Prof . Milan Kroulík Ph.D.
Principal Investigator: Czech University of Life Sciences Prague