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The article “Thinking about an Automatic Nutrient Dosing System for your commercial grow? Here’s what you need to know” (Advanced Nutrients, 2023) introduces an automatic nutrient dosing system. This system is a “mechanized nutrient delivery system” that delivers an accurate amount of nutrient solution to crops. One Crucial feature of the Automated Nutrient Dosing System is its smart controllers. It is the brain of the system where it controls other key features of the system such as the pump modules and sensors. (Ag-Con, 2023) It also has cloud connectivity, which allows the user to monitor their plants in real time and control the dosing system remotely. Among its benefits, this system eliminates human error and the reduction of overall workloads (MORR, 2023). It also saves money in the long run as this system can bring about increased yield of higher quality crops while reducing waste of water and nutrients. The Singapore Food Agency (SFA) has a ‘30 by 30’ goal, “which aims to build up the capability and capacity of our Agri-food industry to produce 30 percent of our nutritional needs by 2030”. (Singapore Government Singapore Food Agency, n.d.) According to the SFA, the key to achieving this goal is through the use of technology that allows Singapore to “increase its production output with existing resources”. With several benefits, the automatic nutrient dosing system is capable of increasing production output with existing resources, thus playing a key role in achieving the ‘30 by 30’ goal.



References


Advanced Nutrients. (2018). Thinking About An Automatic Nutrient Dosing System For Your Commercial Grow? Here’s What You Need To Know. Advanced Nutrients. https://www.advancednutrients.com/articles/automatic-nutrient-dosing-systems/


MORR Inc. (2019, August 5). Automated plant nutrient delivery systems. News. https://morr.com/news/automated-plant-nutrient-delivery-systems/


Singapore Goverment Singapore Food Agency. (2022, September 15). Hydroponics: Getting to the root of the myths. Food for Thought. https://www.sfa.gov.sg/food-for-thought/article/detail/hydroponics-getting-to-the-root-of-the-myths


Indoor Ag-Con. (2023, February 2023). Automated Delivery by Nuravine.

https://indoor.ag/automated-nutrient-delivery-by-nuravine/

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