Development of software for optimizing the fertilization of agricultural crop

The paper presents the development of software for optimizing the fertilization of agricultural crops. For some basic agricultural crops (wheat, corn, sunflower, etc.) the optimization software will be realized and algorithms and databases will be created together with an associated management system. The basic elements of the software development will be the algorithm, the database, and implicitly the information regarding the soil properties, estimated yields, environmental conditions, agrotechnical prescriptions, etc. The development of the software will allow the evaluation and simulation of the efficient use of agricultural fertilizers. Also, a decision support system will be set up for agricultural farmers to maximize agricultural production depending on the land plots allocated to a crop. The method used can be generalized for crops that have a similar calculation mode. The same principle applies to every culture; only the amount of nutrients administered is different. The proposed methodology aims to apply fertilizers on precise areas and in quantities necessary for optimal crop development. The stages of application of the methodology include both the phase before the establishment of the crop and the phase of its development until the harvest. Based on soil properties determined with high resolution using new technologies for scanning soil properties (drones, satellites, mobile scanners on the ground, multispectral sensors for vegetation crops) and based on agro-technical information, the nutrient requirement with a very high resolution is established: of the order of square meters or tens of square meters for each crop. In this way, the fertilizers will be used efficiently and will contribute to maximizing the agricultural production, reducing the consumption of fertilizers, and implicitly reducing the harmful effects on the environment.