CrackSense, Upscaling (real-time) sensor data for EU-wide monitoring of production and agri-environmental conditions
Fruit cracking is a peel disorder limiting fruit quality and yield. The phenomenon occurs mainly in the pre-harvest stage and affects
many types of fruit. External conditions like climatic and environmental conditions and orchard management play important roles in increasing the incidence of the phenomenon. CrackSense aims to address the problem of fruit cracking in citrus, pomegranate, table grapes, and sweet cherries by developing and upscaling sensing technologies that will provide real-time sensor data through piloting activities. The sensor data collected will be upscaled into EU-wide data sets, encompassing Earth Observation Data (provided by Copernicus, e.g., Sentinel) and other data sets reflecting environmental conditions. This data will be used to monitor the agricultural production of the studied crops and enable farmer's and growers’ efficient management of their resources and the sustainability of their actions. By improving these crops' agricultural production, CrackSense will also help create a model for other agricultural crops. Furthermore, CrackSense will address the critical need for efficient and real-time monitoring of Agri-environmental conditions because these conditions greatly influence agricultural production. By deploying sensing technologies, CrackSense will enable a high throughput assessment of cracking incidence risk at fruit, tree, field, and regional scale to mitigate the negative effects of the cracking phenomenon. Fostering complementariness between partners will enable us to fulfill our goals of bringing state-of-the-art CrackSense Solutions.
