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Automation in the form of robotics and in relation to the sustainability and ecology of soils and water management as well as pesticides and fertilisers are now an integral part of agriculture. Automation and monitoring of various processes and parameters enable new ways of efficient and sustainable management of livestock and crops. As a food producer, agriculture is responsible for 70% of global water consumption and therefore bears a significant responsibility for the careful use of natural resources such as water and soil.
Together with you, the Water Cluster develops customised solutions and products, for example to reduce high water consumption, sets new standards in autonomous and intelligent management and researches processes to filter pollutants such as pesticides from agricultural wastewater in order to guarantee better water quality or to store water and nutrients more efficiently in soils and make them available in a more targeted manner - please contact us.
We plan, develop and optimise agricultural systems and processes and develop digital solutions for agriculture.
As an important producer of food and at the same time a consumer of resources and an emitter of environmentally harmful or damaging substances, agriculture bears an extremely high ecological and socio-economic responsibility. We deal with economic and ecological aspects of agriculture.
Rural and urban areas are growing ever closer together - farmland is often surrounded by settlements. In addition, agricultural tasks are increasingly being carried out in urban areas. We support you in the following areas:
Biodiversity: plant and animal diversity in urban areas
Water and nutrient storage and retention in the soil: Sustainable measures and planning in resource management (e.g. activated carbon as a water and nutrient reservoir)
Cultivation of crops in urban areas: urban gardening and urban agriculture
Water-Cluster
OST – Ostschweizer Fachhochschule
Oberseestrasse 10
CH-8640 Rapperswil
+41 58 257 43 92