The University of Nebraska received a $300,000 Project Grant from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program. The goal of this 2-year award, with a start date of December 1, 2024, is to design, develop, and deploy new digital twin systems for crop growth modeling to enable smart irrigation management. The key products and services to be delivered include:
- Cost-efficient IoT systems for data collection on crop growth and environmental conditions
- Automated digital twinning of crop growth models
- Development of smart irrigation solutions leveraging the digital twin platform
- Deployment and evaluation of the CropTwin system on a real-world research farm over a full soybean growth season
This grant award aligns with AFRI's mission to support fundamental and applied research, extension, and education to address critical challenges in food and agricultural sciences. The University of Nebraska, as the prime recipient, will leverage its expertise in agriculture, engineering, and data science to execute this project.
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