Projet for a Web app to facilitate the viewing and interpretation of potato soil health analyses

Description

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It is possible to assess disease risks and calculate soil health and productivity indices using soil microbiome biological characteristics and indicators, in concert with physicochemical, agronomic, and environmental indicator data. Currently, farmers cannot easily access this game-changing knowledge. This project aims to develop an accessible and user-friendly web application that will let stakeholders search the IRDA potato soil database, one of the largest in Canada, to visualize the impact of growing practices and protocols on the biological, physicochemical, and agronomic characteristics of soils cultivated with different cropping systems. This tool will employ a variety of graphical representations to facilitate data viewing. It will also incorporate an algorithm module that will provide customized agronomic interpretations. The project takes advantage of improvements in Big Data interpretation and analysis by integrating user-friendly tools into existing digital platforms. The goal is to promote good agri-environmental practices and help stakeholders easily access and utilize the latest available knowledge.

Objective(s)

• Implement an innovative and user-friendly web app to facilitate the viewing and agronomic interpretation of potato soil health analyses.
• Incorporate the application into existing digital platforms so that farmers, their consultants, and other potato sector stakeholders can easily access and interpret results drawn from a database that consolidates data on the characteristics of more than 800 microbiomes—including physicochemical, agronomic, and environmental indicators—collected from soil samples taken in a variety of geolocated sites.