Journal of Agricultural Big Data ›› 2024, Vol. 6 ›› Issue (1): 82-93.doi: 10.19788/j.issn.2096-6369.000007

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Design and Application of Smart Irrigation Big Data Management Platform

ZHANG Jie1,2(), HUANG ZhongDong3, LIANG ZhiJie3, LI ShiJuan1,2, LIU ShengPing1,2,*()   

  1. 1. Agricultural Information Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
    2. Key Laboratory of Agricultural Blockchain Application, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing 100081, China
    3. Institute of Farmland Irrigation, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Xinxiang 453002, Henan, China
  • Received:2023-12-08 Accepted:2024-01-19 Online:2024-03-26 Published:2024-04-08

Abstract:

Predominantly extensive flood irrigation method leads to wastage of water resources. Therefore, exploring efficient and water-saving agricultural irrigation methods is crucial. This study has developed an intelligent irrigation big data management platform that integrates data collection, management, visualization, analysis, decision-making, and remote management. Its goal is to improve water resource utilization efficiency through digital management and intelligent control. The platform utilizes embedded systems, the Internet of Things(IoT), and Internet technologies, as well as "3S" (GIS, RS, and GPS) technology. It follows the design model of "1+1+N" and includes the construction of a crop water requirement forecasting model, an irrigation decision-making model, an irrigation data center, an irrigation data management system, and four application systems. The entire platform is based on the B/S architecture and programmed using the Java language. The platform has been successfully implemented in several demonstration bases across regions such as Hebei, Henan, Shandong, Jiangsu, etc. It has gathered data on the growth, irrigation, weather, soil, and other aspects of various crops from 8 research teams and 24 experimental bases. On average, it collects 18 829 pieces of data per day, helping management personnel understand the overall situation. It integrates software systems from multiple teams and 62 sets of IoT devices to present the growth and environmental status of crops in a timely and quantitative manner, achieving dynamic monitoring of agricultural areas and assisting production decisions. It has also generated crop water demand forecasts and irrigation decision-making plans, accomplished remote irrigation targets, and through field experiments, validated the effectiveness of automatic irrigation, increasing the irrigation water utilization efficiency by more than 31% at its highest. The platform meets the application needs of different agricultural scenarios through thematic visualizations such as field industry, greenhouse center, digital scientific research, and regional irrigation. The smart irrigation big data management platform serves as a convenient tool for agricultural production and cross-regional management. Its construction and application provide valuable references for the development of digital agricultural irrigation systems.

Key words: smart irrigation, big data, crop water requirement forecasting, platform design, IoT