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Wireless: interactions with agriculture & environment in developing and emerging regions

School on Applications of Open Spectrum and White Spaces Technologies. Wireless: interactions with agriculture & environment in developing and emerging regions. Simone Sala Researcher at Columbia University CICR, MIT-IBM NSRC, University of Milan DISAA

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Wireless: interactions with agriculture & environment in developing and emerging regions

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  1. School on Applications of Open Spectrum and White Spaces Technologies Wireless: interactions with agriculture & environment in developing and emerging regions Simone Sala Researcherat Columbia University CICR, MIT-IBM NSRC, University of Milan DISAA Practitionerin between the above March 21, 2013International Centre for TheoreticalPhysics(ICTP) – Trieste, Italy

  2. Index Why should we care about Agriculture and Environment as Wireless people? How can we tackle the Water-Energy-Food (WEF) nexus?

  3. Why should we care about Agriculture/Environment as ICT people??Driving forces & Technology right in the middle Sustainability • Short-term Long-term Technology Democracy Market • Local Global

  4. Why should we care about Agriculture/Environment as ICT people??Driving forces & Technology right in the middle Sustainability • Short-term Long-term Technology Democracy Market • Local Global

  5. Why should we care about Agriculture/Environment as ICT people??Driving forces & Technology right in the middle Everyone -------- Sustainability • Short-term Long-term Technology Democracy Market • Local Global

  6. Why should we care about Agriculture/Environment as ICT people??Driving forces & Technology right in the middle Sustainability • Short-term Long-term Technology Democracy Market • Local Global

  7. Why should we care about Agriculture/Environment as ICT people??(1) Telecoms – Energy nexus

  8. Why should we care about Agriculture/Environment as ICT people??(1) Telecoms – Energy nexus • Higher mobile telecom costs in developing & emerging regions…  Partly due to > costs of power supply to support continuity of service

  9. Why should we care about Agriculture/Environment as ICT people?? (2) Energy – Climate nexus • Anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions primary cause of global warming • Most of emissions comes from burning fossil fuels • Agriculture as a top contributor too

  10. Why should we care about Agriculture/Environment as ICT people??(3) Climate – Telecoms nexus • Precipitation (especially heavy rainfall) affect satelite telecommunications • Rain fadesignal absorption by air moisture and by wetness on antenna surfaces • Extreme events affect mobile telecommunications infrastructures

  11. Why should we care about Agriculture/Environment as ICT people??(4) The whole WEF + climate nexus Energy Food Water Climate • Increasing water, food & energy demand: +30/50% between 2010-2013 (World Economic Forum, 2011)

  12. How can we tackle the Water-Energy-Food (WEF) nexus?TVWS & Energy/Climate TVWS makes a difference in terms of: • Power consumption: low input & output power • Works at low frequencies compared to other wireless networks • Emerging TVWS protocols tend to minimize protocol overhead (hence > energy efficiency!) • Weather susceptibility • TVWS is not affected by moisture in the air and by wetness on antenna surfaces

  13. How can we tackle the WEF nexus?Finding Wireless’ place Observation Record data and information Transform data and information into knowledge Broadcast & Communicate Information and Knowledge Capacity Building & Networking Analysis & Strategic Planning Implementation &Management Wireless can help

  14. How can we tackle the WEF nexus?Wireless & climate change Wireless can be a catalyzer for: • Awareness raising on global/local climate issues • Dissemination of climate change awareness messages via low/high tech • Monitoring of climate parameters and natural resources • Smartphone, sensors, remote sensing integration as a two-way channel for monitoring • Climate change Mitigation • Track impact of carbon sequestration initiatives • Adaptation to climate change • Dissemination of short-term information, knowledge sharing

  15. How can we tackle the WEF nexus?Wireless & improved water distribution systems • IXEM Lab’s Water Mole • Goal: recognize pipe damages or fluid leakages • Strategy: A wireless sensor measures liquid pressure over time/frequency through a distribution network http://www.ixem.polito.it/

  16. How can we tackle the WEF nexus?Wireless & improved agri-food systems • Many applications! Precision Farming Greenhouse control Animal feed control Weather Agro-ecological Monitoring Wireless Food packaging Animal/crop identification Transportation Traceability

  17. How can we tackle the WEF nexus?Wireless & improved agri-food systems • Pest monitoring & traceability system in Jamaica (Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute, CARDI) • Problem: fall of hot pepper exports to US because of pests (20M$/year, 50'000 workers) • Solution: GPS-powered map ofproducers, provision of inspectors w/ portable devices to monitor production and track pest outbreaks http://goo.gl/t2L5OF

  18. Thankyou! Simone Sala • Web: www.simonesala.it • Twitter: @hereissimone Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, revisited

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