Final Proyect Sketch
I do not consider myself a good cartoonist, I had difficulties to make a draft on paper with a pencil; however, it occurred to me to use the google presentations to outline the idea of the project.
The result was the following:
Climate Simulator in Fitotoldos for organic products
Purpose
My project aims to achieve an alternative solution for the large amount of use of phytotoldo in the high Andean region of Cusco Peru, above four thousand three hundred (4300 meters above sea level)It is intended to collect data from each fitotoldo on a Raspberry server of many parameters measured with Arduino sensors: water, humidity, temperature, fertilizer, mineral salts that are necessary for a more technical crop.
What is the Fitotoldo?
The fitotoldos facilitate the control of the technical and environmental conditions (temperature, relative humidity, luminosity) for the production of species such as carrots, lettuce, spinach, beets, aromatic plants, among others, which will guarantee food safety and contribute to the farming.1. In the region of Cusco Peru, there are provinces called high Andean whose location is from 3400 meters above sea level to 4500 meters above sea level, where the cultivation of some products is practically impossible.2. The so-called fitotoldos have been used in which cultivation is carried out in an artisanal way to simulate climatic conditions more or less similar to those of lower ecological floors in the so-called inter-Andean valleys.3. The idea arises from the use of non-conventional energies such as solar energy, to build a phytosol and be able to control, through a climate simulator, all the parameters in the cultivation of organic products whose growth depends on external factors such as temperature, humidity, irrigation water, the amount of light that is required.
Who will use
The development and implementation of the final project will be used mainly by small farmers who are dedicated to the cultivation of organic products and need to increase their productivity and improve the quality of the products they grow in greenhouses. As the main crop parameters can be controlled, they can be used to improve agriculture.
The district municipality, through a government program called Pro-compete, supports the communities in its jurisdiction and we are already in talks with the local government to support the implementation and use of the climate simulator for the production of organic products that require special temperature conditions. , humidity and dosage of drip or sprinkler irrigation water.
