Paul Harris(He/Him)Rothamsted Research
Paul Harris is the project lead for the highly instrumented North Wyke Farm Platform - a four farm-scale experiment at Rothamsted Research that delivers open data to the research community. His research interests include data-driven and physics-based models developed and applied to agroecosystem processes. |
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TalksEnvisioning Digital Twins for Instrumented Farms of the Future22-Apr-24This paper describes the methodological progress in the creation of three demonstrator farm Digital Twins informed by the open and globally unique datasets of three instrumented research farms at Rothamsted Research's North Wyke campus in Devon UK. Mitigating food insecurity, in the context of climate change, is a major challenge of the 21st century. To address this, it is necessary to maintain or enhance productivity from agriculture, while at the same time balancing ecological priorities. To strike this balance, timely decisions, say via a Digital Twin, on agronomic management, system conversion and / or the adoption of a particular farming philosophy are required. |