AYER TENA PERIMERY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL

SECONDARY SCHOOL

GRADE 126

2022 G.C
AGRI-NET
 Group Members
1. NATNAEL GULMA------------------------------61
2. NATNAEL DERSO-------------------------------62
3. NATNAEL BOGALE----------------------------63
4. NEBIL ABDULJELIL---------------------------64
5. NUSRA ZEYNA-----------------------------------65
6. YANIA DENUR-----------------------------------66
7. REZAN SEID -------------------------------------67
8. SARA DEMISEW---------------------------------68
9. SEFYU SINTAYHU------------------------------69
AYER TENA PERIMERY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL

SECONDARY SCHOOL

GRADE 126

GROUP - 7

ICT ASSIGNMENT

AGRI NET
 TABLE OF CONTENTS

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What is Agri-Net..................................................................................................................... 1

What is Agri-Net Grass...................................................................................................... 1

Pros and Cons of Agri-Net Grass........................................................................................... 1

Advantage of agri-net............................................................................................................. 2

The Cons/Disadvantages/Drawbacks of Io.......................................................................... 3

How Internet is used in agriculture .................................................................................... 5

 What is Agri-Net?
Agri-net is an Irish software company (Irish Farm Computers Ltd.). They have developed a
range of agricultural platforms for the dairy and beef industries with a heavy focus on Irish
farmers.

 Agri-Net Herd App - a compliance tool for Irish dairy and beef farmers.
 Agri-Net Herd Master - a herd management system that helps farmers meet their
legislative needs.
 Cash minder by Agri-Net - a farm cash management system for Irish farmers.
 And last, but not least Agri-Net Grass.

What is Agri-Net Grass

Agri-Net Grass is an online grass management app that lets you enter and record your grass
covers. From here you can see which paddocks have the highest grass covers by looking at a feed
wedge or in a table. You then make a decision on which paddock and how much area to allocate
based on the spring rotation planner.

Features of Agri-Net Grass

The following are the highlights of the Agri-Net Grass features:

 grass covers
 grass feed wedge
 spring rotation planner
 grass budget
 discussion groups

Pros and Cons of Agri-Net Grass

 Agri-Net Grass is very handy if you want to share your data with fellow farmers,
although a basic app that doesn't off too much in uniqueness, it integrates with the other
management platforms developed by Agri-Net. If you live outside of Ireland, you might

lose out on some of the functionality, but if you are just after a feed wedge and spring
rotation planner then this may work for you.

Advantage of agri-net
1. Monitoring of livestock & climate conditions
 Applications help farmers collect data regarding the well-being and location of
their cattle. The information can be used to comprehend the livestock’s
conditions. For example, when a few animals are sick, farmers can promptly
separate them from the herd to stop spreading the disease. The ability to locate
their cattle using IoT-based sensors helps reduce labor costs. For instance, smart
neck collars are available for cows that deliver valuable information, such as the
animal’s activity, temperature, and behavior. It is a non-invasive monitoring
system.
 Similarly, weather stations are equipped with powerful sensors to collect weather
data and send valuable information to farmers. Special software analyzes the
information and offers farmers a ready-made assessment.
2. Farm Management Systems
  Farm management systems are specifically designed to collect the overall
information to make it easier for farmers to manage their farms. These systems
typically come with analytical, reporting, and accounting features, and therefore,
are a must-have for farmers.
 Farm Logs is an example of a farm management system that analyzes and monitors
the entire farm, helps farmers in making reports, and drawing up accounting.
3. Greenhouse automation
 Agri-net can do a lot more than sourcing environmental data. With the right
software, weather stations can adjust the temperature to match the required
parameters and offer the apt conditions for individualized greenhouses.
 For instance, there’s Green IQ. The product uses smart sensors and controls the
sprinklers. Therefore, farmers can remotely manage their lighting and irrigation
system
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4. Management of crops
 IoT has made sensors for crops a possibility. These sensors collect vital
information like crop health, temperature, precipitation, humidity, and other
parameters. In case of any deviation, farmers can quickly identify them before it’s
too late and take appropriate actions. The sensors even help farmers to decide the
best time to plant and harvest crops.
 For instance, Semios. It is one of the most prolific IoT projects that monitors and
manages crops. The software gives remote access to farmers to monitor insects,
climate, and disease.

The Cons/Disadvantages/Drawbacks of IoT

As the Internet of things facilitates a set of benefits, it also creates a significant set of challenges.
Some of the IoT challenges are given below:

 Security: As the IoT systems are interconnected and communicate over networks.
The system offers little control despite any security measures, and it can be lead
the various kinds of network attacks.
  Privacy: Even without the active participation on the user, the IoT system
provides substantial personal data in maximum detail.
 Complexity: The designing, developing, and maintaining and enabling the large
technology to IoT system is quite complicated.

The Cons/Disadvantages/Drawbacks of Smart Agriculture Using IoT

 The use of technology in farming and agriculture making it smart agriculture, is of

course, a good initiative and a much-needed one with the present increasing
demand in the food supply.
 But there is the chance where smart farming will require certain skill sets in
particular in order to understand and operate the equipment.

 In the case of equipment like robots and computer-based intelligence for running
the devices, it is highly unlikely that a normal farmer will be able to possess this
knowledge or even develop them.
 Farmers are not used to these high-end technologies. They do not understand
computer language or the artificial intelligence.
 For the smart agriculture, Internet of Things is essential which will require
artificial intelligence and computer-based intelligence. This cannot be balanced
here.
 Related Post:  Disadvantages of Shifting Cultivation System
 To overcome this challenge, the devices will have to be changed in a dramatic
fashion so as to make it understandable for farmers.
 This also means that the devices should be somewhere in between where the
technology experts and farmers can both communicate about it.

1. The Cost Involved in Smart Agriculture

  While the use of smart technology in agriculture is impressive, it does incur a lot of
costs.
 if the devices are to be altered according to the level of the farmers, it will involve a
lot of money to transform these types of equipment.
 This, on the other hand, means that the process will cost huge money.
 Since the farming industry does not see higher profits, huge investments in this
space are unlikely.
 Even after the altering of machines, there are chances where the farmers might tend
to operate the machines wrongly causing it to damage or send it to repair.
 Since these pieces of equipment are already costly, repairing it or replacing it will
again cost a lot of money.
 The cost of maintenance becomes high whether there is a repair or not.

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2. There could be wrong Analysis of Weather Conditions
 In the case of agriculture, most of the process is dependent on weather conditions.
 It is a natural phenomenon which in spite of the updated technology can become
unpredictable.
 There is no force which can change or control the weather conditions such as rain,
sunlight, drought etc.
 Even when the smart systems are in place, the importance of natural occurrences
can not be changed.
 There is an issue where the machines used in smart agriculture can impact the
environment in a negative manner.
 Since technology involves a lot of machines, there are chances where the data
might get wrong at times.
 If there are faulty data processing equipment or sensors then it will lead to the
situation where the wrong decisions are taken.
 This will lead to the overuse of resources like fertilizers or water.
  It might even lead to the over-application of fertilizers or pesticides on crops.
 This excessive use of chemicals might destroy the crop and reduce the richness of
the land.

How Internet is used in agriculture

 The IoT connected devices stream live data on the land allowing data-informed decisions
on planning the resources and harvesting of crops. Predictive weather models are
constructed using two types of information: Live data on local weather conditions
including status of the soil (temperature, humidity)
 AGRI-net fosters collaborations between leading chemical biology and agri-science
research communities drawn from academia, and industry in partnership with
policymakers to develop high-impact multidisciplinary research targeted at one of the
world's grand challenges - crop sustainability.