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Phoenix Contact Celebrates 100 Years with Sustainability Initiatives - an end-to-end "Precision Agriculture" solution prototype aimed at transforming hydroponic farming in Egypt
Egypt faces freshwater scarcity, and Precision Agriculture technologies can help address future food shortages and reduce freshwater use. With global freshwater shortages and grain market instability, there's a growing fear of increased global hunger.
Phoenix Contact developed a solution aligned with Egypt's Vision 2030 to eradicate poverty and hunger by 2030. Ahmed ElShibini, Country Manager of Phoenix Contact LLC in Egypt , states, "We are confident that Phoenix Contact can have a significant role in the mission of helping the human race fight hunger."
In collaboration with HITS Solutions, Phoenix Contact has advanced hydroponic agriculture by combining IoT with precision automation. The system automates irrigation and fertigation based on real-time sensor inputs, setting a new benchmark for sustainable agriculture.
HITS Solutions provided land for a "Center of Excellence" with two greenhouses—one for traditional cultivation and one for hydroponics. They developed a cloud-based platform to manage the system, integrating metagenomics to analyze microbial communities in the soil and environment to better understand plant health, nutrient cycles, and disease risks. This biological insight is combined with IoT sensor data to enable data-driven decisions for irrigation, fertilization, and crop management. Phoenix Contact's EDGE boxes monitor and control the greenhouses, linking to the HITS software platform.
The results are transformative: water consumption reduced by 86.67%, from 24,000 liters to 3,200 liters for 1,200 plants. The vertical farming setup requires only 9.5 m², 17 times less space than conventional methods. HITS Solutions' water metagenomics services ensure superior water quality, optimizing every drop.
This case study showcases the potential of advanced automation and intelligent software in revolutionizing farming for a sustainable future.
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