iFarm: Development of cloud-based system of cultivation management for precision agriculture
Precision agriculture is aimed at optimizing farming management and it requires records of agricultural work. Farmers conventionally write records on paper but it is difficult and tedious to check past agricultural-work data and control the cost of agricultural products. A system of cultivation management, iFarm, is proposed, which was developed to support efficient farming management. The system consists of smartphone applications, Web browsers and a cloud server. Farmers on farmland can easily refer to work plans, enter field data into the cloud system, and share them with head office in real time by using smartphones. Farmers at head office can analyze data in the cloud system with a Web browser and estimate farming costs and form work plans based on their analyses.
Discussion on the Application of Cloud Computing in Agricultural Information Management
In order to solve the problem of "Last Mile" in agricultural information management, it is imperative to introduce the cloud computing platform. The cloud computing will bring revolutionary changes in the management of agricultural information resources. This study based on the description of the basic connotation, technology and the characteristics of cloud computing, analysis the feasibility that cloud computing application in the management of agricultural information resource and the current problems in China. Furthermore, it puts forward the model of management in agriculture information resource and analysis its applied prospects and problems that must be attention.
Research on the Agricultural Information Services under the Cloud Computing Environment
The paper describes the concept and related technologies of cloud computing,and the content of cloud services,elaborates the mode of agricultural information services under the environment of cloud computing,briefly introduces agricultural science cloud which is a practical exploration that combines cloud computing with agricultural information service,and finally forecasts the outlook of agricultural information services based on cloud computing.