Cultivation management system

Abstract

To provide a cultivation management system that can reduce power consumption and water consumption when managing the cultivation of plants in a cultivation facility.SOLUTION: A cultivation management system comprises a cultivation facility having a culture medium containing soil and cultivating plants, a water storage tank, an irrigation device, a control device for controlling the irrigation device, a power-supply unit, a solar panel, and a water collection device for collecting rainwater that falls on the solar panel and storing it in the water storage tank, the irrigation device being configured to irrigate the cultivation facility with water stored in the water storage tank, and the power-supply unit being configured to supply at least a portion of the electricity generated by the solar panel to the irrigation device or the control device.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a cultivation management system for managing the cultivation of plants in a cultivation facility. [Background technology]

[0002] A cultivation management system is known which comprises a cultivation equipment having a culture medium containing soil and for cultivating plants, a water storage tank, an irrigation device, a control device for controlling the irrigation device, and a power supply device, the irrigation device being configured to irrigate the cultivation equipment with water stored in the water storage tank, and the power supply device being configured to supply power to the irrigation device and the control device (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

[0003] According to the cultivation management system in the above-mentioned document, a control device that controls the irrigation device makes it possible to automatically supply water to plants, and the amount of water supplied can also be optimized through control, making it possible to efficiently cultivate fresh vegetables while reducing water consumption.

[0004] However, even with the cultivation management system in the above document, it is not possible to reduce water consumption to zero, so water must be manually supplied to the water storage tank or a water supply system must be installed to introduce water from outside into the water storage tank. Furthermore, a certain amount of electricity is consumed because it is necessary to supply electricity to the irrigation device and control device. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0005] [Patent Document 1] JP 2012-170350 A Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0006] An object of the present invention is to provide a cultivation management system that is capable of reducing power consumption and further reducing water consumption when managing the cultivation of plants in a cultivation facility. [Means for solving the problem]

[0007] In order to solve the above problems, the present invention comprises a cultivation equipment having a culture medium containing soil and for cultivating plants, a water storage tank, an irrigation device, a control device for controlling the irrigation device, a power supply unit, a solar panel, and a water collection device for collecting rainwater that falls on the solar panel and storing it in the water storage tank, wherein the irrigation device is configured to irrigate the cultivation equipment with water stored in the water storage tank, and the power supply unit is configured to supply at least a portion of the electricity generated by the solar panel to the irrigation device or the control device.

[0008] The solar panel may be installed at an incline, the water collection device may have a rain gutter for catching rainwater flowing down the slope of the solar panel, and the water collection device may be configured to supply water collected by the rain gutter to the water storage tank.

[0009] The solar panel may be installed so as to cover at least a portion of the cultivation equipment.

[0010] The cultivation equipment may further include an acquisition device that acquires environmental information, which is information regarding the cultivation environment in the cultivation equipment, and an information collection server that acquires and collects the environmental information via a network.

[0011] The acquisition device may include a sensor for detecting the temperature or moisture content of the soil, a sensor for detecting the air temperature, humidity or illuminance of the cultivation equipment, or a camera for photographing the cultivation equipment.

[0012] The system may further include a measuring device that measures the amount of carbon dioxide stored in the soil, and an information collection server that acquires and collects storage information, which is information on the amount of carbon dioxide stored measured by the measuring device, via a network, and the information collection server may have a storage device that stores the storage information.

[0013] The information collection server may be configured to derive reduction information, which is the amount of carbon dioxide that the soil that was the subject of the measurement has reduced from the atmosphere, from the storage information, and store the reduction information in the storage device. Effect of the Invention

[0014] By installing solar panels and using the electricity generated by them, it is possible to minimize the consumption of external electricity, and further reduce water consumption by collecting water using the solar panels. In addition, since the solar panels achieve the two goals of reducing power consumption and water consumption, the structure does not become complicated, and the dead space directly below the solar panels can be effectively utilized.

[0015] In addition, the present invention is further provided with a measuring device that measures the amount of carbon dioxide stored in the soil, and an information collection server that acquires and collects storage information, which is information on the amount of carbon dioxide stored measured by the measuring device, via a network, and the information collection server has a storage device that stores the storage information, and the information collection server is configured to derive reduction information, which is the amount of carbon dioxide reduced from the atmosphere by the cultivation equipment that was the subject of the measurement, from the storage information and store the reduction information in the storage device, thereby offering further advantages, as it can also be used for carbon dioxide emission trading. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0016] [Figure 1] 1 is a side view for explaining a schematic configuration of a cultivation equipment side of a cultivation management system to which the present invention is applied. FIG. [Diagram 2]FIG. 1 is a front view conceptually illustrating the configuration of the cultivation equipment side of a cultivation management system to which the present invention is applied. [Diagram 3] FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram conceptually explaining a network configuration of the cultivation management system shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. [Figure 4] 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a management control device shown in FIG. 3. [Diagram 5] 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a controlled control device shown in FIG. 3. [Figure 6] FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the camera device shown in FIG. [Figure 7] FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an acquisition device shown in FIG. 3. [Figure 8] FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the measuring device shown in FIG. [Figure 9] 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an information collecting server shown in FIG. 3. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0017] 1 and 2 are side and front views for explaining the schematic configuration of the cultivation equipment side of the cultivation management system to which the present invention is applied. The cultivation management system to which the present invention is applied comprises one or more cultivation equipment 1 provided on one farmland, a water storage tank 2, an irrigation device 3, a controlled side control device (control device) 4 (see Figs. 3 and 5), a power supply device 6, a solar panel 7, and a water collection device 8 for collecting rainwater that falls on the solar panel 7 into the water storage tank 2. Incidentally, in this example, for the sake of convenience, the direction in which the surface of the solar panel 7 that receives sunlight faces (usually south) is defined as the front, and front / rear and left / right are defined based on this.

[0018] The above-mentioned cultivation equipment 1 comprises a number of cultivation containers 9 each shaped like a long rectangular parallelepiped with an open top and arranged side by side, a water absorption layer 11 formed by laying a water absorbent material or the like on the bottom surface of the cultivation container 9, and a culture medium 12 layered on top of the water absorption layer 11, made of soil, and containing nutrients.

[0019] The water-absorbing layer 11 can be made of various materials capable of absorbing water, such as sand or gravel. It is also possible to use water-absorbing fabrics such as woven fabrics or nonwoven fabrics that have excellent water-absorbing properties.

[0020] In this embodiment, a nutrient-containing medium is used as the medium 12. Cultivation is carried out in such a way that carbon dioxide is gradually stored in the soil that constitutes the medium 12.

[0021] To explain in more detail, first of all, when farming is done by normal means, carbon (carbon dioxide) in the soil is released into the atmosphere and does not remain in the soil. To solve this problem, cultivation is carried out so as to store carbon dioxide in the soil. Such cultivation methods are conventionally known, but for example, cultivation is carried out while omitting the work of tilling and leveling the land and preserving the soil in its natural state. With such a method, air is less likely to be taken up into the soil, the speed of decomposition by microorganisms is reduced, and the carbon taken up by plants through photosynthesis is prevented from returning to the atmosphere.

[0022] The irrigation device 3 may be provided for each cultivation equipment 1, or may be provided for each cultivation container 9. The irrigation device 3 has a cylindrical irrigation container 13 oriented vertically and at least a portion of which (in the illustrated example, most of it excluding the upper part) is embedded in the culture medium 12, a water supply pipe 14 installed between the water storage tank 2 and the irrigation container 13 to form a flow path (water supply channel) from the water storage tank 2 to the irrigation container 13, and an electromagnetic valve 16 arranged midway along the water supply channel.

[0023] Incidentally, when the irrigation device 3 is used to irrigate multiple culture media 12 (soil in the cultivation containers 9), the irrigation containers 13 and water supply pipes 14 are provided individually for each of the multiple culture media 12, while the solenoid valves 16 may be provided individually for each of the multiple culture media 12, or a single solenoid valve 16 may be provided and water may be supplied to the irrigation containers 13 on the multiple culture media 12 side all at once using this solenoid valve 16.

[0024] The water level in the water storage tank 2 is always higher than the water level in the irrigation container 13, and when the solenoid valve 16 is switched to the open state, water is supplied from the water storage tank 2 to the irrigation container 13, whereas when the solenoid valve 16 is switched to the closed state, the above-mentioned water supply is stopped. The opening and closing of this solenoid valve 16 is controlled by the managed side control device 4.

[0025] A water supply hole 13a that connects the inside and outside of the watering container 13 is drilled in the portion of the watering container 13 that contacts the water absorption layer 11 (the lower end surface in this example). The plant P planted in the culture medium 12 grows using the water contained in the culture medium 12 (soil). When the water content in the culture medium 12 decreases due to water absorption by the plant P, water is naturally supplied from the water absorption layer 11 to the culture medium 12. When the water content in the water absorption layer 11 falls below a predetermined level, water naturally flows out of the watering container 13 into the water absorption layer 11 due to pressure changes, etc.

[0026] With this configuration, provided that the amount of water in the watering container 13 is maintained at a constant level or more, the amount of water necessary for the growth of the plant P is naturally supplied to the culture medium 12, thereby preventing unnecessary consumption of water.

[0027] The solar panel 7 is fixedly installed directly above the cultivation equipment 1 in a position tilted downward toward the direction where the sun is located even temporarily (south in this example). In other words, at least a part (all of it in this example) directly above the cultivation equipment 1 is covered by the solar panel 7. The solar panel 7 blocks direct sunlight, protects the culture medium 12 and the plant P, and prevents excessive drying.

[0028] Incidentally, as long as the solar panels 7 can cover directly above the culture medium 12 and the plants P, there is no limit to the number of solar panels that can be installed. They may be installed for each of multiple cultivation equipment 1, or may be installed individually for each of multiple cultivation equipment 12 (soil in the cultivation container 9), or multiple solar panels 7 may cover directly above one cultivation equipment 1.

[0029] The water collection device 8 includes a gutter 17 formed in the space directly below the edge (front end) of the lower end of the solar panel 7 in the tilting direction (left-right direction) and sloping downward from one end in the formation direction (i.e., the overall length direction) to the other end (water collection side), a storage tank 18 for temporarily storing rainwater collected by the gutter 17, a supply pipe 19 installed between the storage tank 18 to form a flow path (supply path) from the storage tank 18 to the water storage tank 2, a pump 21 installed in the middle of the supply path and pressurized water from the storage tank 18 to the water storage tank 2, a drainage pipe 22 for draining water from the storage tank 18, and an electromagnetic valve 23 installed in the middle of the drainage pipe 22 for opening and closing the flow path (drainage path) therein.

[0030] Rain that falls on the solar panel 7 falls down the slope of the solar panel 7 and is received by the rain gutter 17, and due to the above-mentioned slope of the rain gutter 17, flows toward the water collection side in the full length direction of the rain gutter 17 and falls into the storage tank 18 to be collected. The water in the storage tank 18 is pumped to the water storage tank 2 by the pump 21.

[0031] The solenoid valve 23 opens and closes the drainage path to switch between drainage and non-drainage from the storage tank 18. For example, when both the water storage tank 2 and the storage tank 18 are full, the solenoid valve 23 drains the water.

[0032] The power supply device 6 includes a charge controller 24, a battery 26, and an inverter 27 that converts DC to AC. The charge controller 24 switches between a state in which the power generated by the solar panel 7 is stored in the battery 26, a state in which the power is supplied to various power consuming devices (specifically, the controlled control device 4, the solenoid valves 16, 23, the pump 21, etc.) installed on the farmland, and a state in which the power stored in the battery 26 is supplied to various power consuming devices. Incidentally, the power supply device 6 supplies power to power consuming devices that require AC power via the inverter 27.

[0033] The controlled side control device 4 may be provided for each of a plurality of cultivation facilities 1, or may be provided for each medium 12, or a single controlled side control device 4 may be used to collectively control one farmland. The controlled side control device 4 will be described in detail later.

[0034] Fig. 3 is an explanatory diagram conceptually explaining the network configuration of the cultivation management system shown in Fig. 1 and Fig. 2. The cultivation management system of this example includes an information collecting server 60 that collects various information, a router device 28 that is communicatively connected to the information collecting server 60 via a global network N such as the Internet and installed on each farmland, a management side control device (control device) 29 that is installed exclusively for each farmland and can communicate with the information collecting server 60 via the router device 28, a camera device 31 that can communicate with the information collecting server 60 via the router device 28, one or more acquisition devices 32 installed on each cultivation facility 1 and configured to be able to communicate with the management side control device 29, a measuring device 33 that is installed exclusively for each cultivation facility 1 or culture medium 12 (cultivation container 9), and the above-mentioned managed side control device 4.

[0035] Fig. 4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the management control device shown in Fig. 3. The management control device 29 is composed of a CPU capable of executing various processes and programs, a RAM, a ROM, and other storage units.

[0036] The managing side control device 29 is provided with a communication means 29a for communicating via the network N via the router device 28, and a communication means 29b for wireless or wired communication with the managed side control device 4, the acquisition device 32, and the measuring device 33. That is, the managing side control device 29 is communicatively connected to the information collecting server 60, and is communicatively connected to the managed side control device 4, the acquisition device 32, and the measuring device 33 by the communication means 29b.

[0037] Incidentally, this management side control device 29 may be a power consuming device to which power is supplied from the power supply device 6. Incidentally, possible power consuming devices to be provided in the cultivation management system of this example include, in addition to the above-mentioned ones, air conditioning equipment such as an air conditioner or an air conditioning fan, air conditioning equipment such as an automatic opening and closing window or an air conditioner in a greenhouse, a fertilizer mixer for mixing fertilizer to be introduced into the soil, and the like.

[0038] The managing control device 29 can control the cultivation of the managed control device 4 installed in the farmland where the managing control device 29 is installed (specifically, control of the opening / closing or opening degree of the solenoid valves 16, 23, or control of the switching on and off of the operation of the pump 21) on behalf of the managed control device 4 by giving instructions from itself to the managed control device 29.

[0039] On the other hand, the management side control device 29 is configured to acquire various information from each of the managed side control device 4, the acquisition device 32, and the measuring device 33 through wireless or wired communication with the managed side control device 4, the acquisition device 32, and the measuring device 33 via the communication means 29b, and transmit the information to the information collection server 60.

[0040] In other words, the management control device 29 is capable of centrally managing the cultivation of one farmland under its control and centrally managing the information obtained from that farmland.

[0041] Fig. 5 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the controlled-side control device shown in Fig. 3. The controlled-side control device 4 is composed of a CPU, RAM, ROM, and other storage units capable of executing various processes and programs. The controlled-side control device 4 is also provided with a communication means 4a for wireless or wired communication with the managing-side control device 29, the acquisition device 32, and the measurement device 33.

[0042] The output side of this controlled side control device 4 is connected to the solenoid valve 16 of the irrigation device 3 and the pump 21 and solenoid valve 23 of the water collecting device 8.

[0043] On the other hand, to the input side of the managed control device 4, there are connected a water level sensor 34 which is arranged inside the water storage tank 2 and detects the water surface height (water level) of the water stored in the water storage tank 2, a water level sensor 36 which is arranged inside the watering container 13 and detects the water surface height (water level) of the water stored in the watering container 13, and a water level sensor 37 which is arranged inside the storage tank 18 and detects the water surface height (water level) of the water stored in the storage tank 18.

[0044] The controlled-side control device 4 controls whether to drive the pump 21 of the water collecting device 8 and to open and close the solenoid valve 23 based on the detection results of the two water level sensors 34, 37. For example, when the water storage tank 2 is full or nearly full and the storage tank 18 is also about to become full, the solenoid valve 23 is opened to drain water from the storage tank 18. When the amount of water in the water storage tank 2 is lower than a predetermined amount and water is stored in the storage tank 18, the pump 21 is driven to replenish water to the water storage tank 2.

[0045] Furthermore, the managed-side control device 4 controls the opening and closing of the solenoid valve 16 of the irrigation device 3 based on the detection results of the two water level sensors 34, 36. For example, when it is confirmed that the amount of water in the irrigation container 13 falls below a predetermined level and there is water in the water storage tank 2, the solenoid valve 16 is opened to supply water from the water storage tank 2 to the irrigation container 13.

[0046] In this manner, the controlled-side control device 4 executes the cultivation management process (cultivation management process), but as described above, this cultivation management process can also be executed by the managing-side control device 29 instead of the controlled-side control device 4. In this case, the controlled-side control device 4 transmits the detection results from the water level sensors 34, 36, and 37 to the managing-side control device 29.

[0047] Incidentally, a directional control valve that switches its opening between fully open and fully closed may be used as the solenoid valves 16, 23, but it is also possible to use a proportional control valve that switches its opening between fully open and fully closed in multiple steps or continuously as the solenoid valves 16, 23.

[0048] Incidentally, the information detected by the water level sensors 34, 36, and 37 is environmental information, which is information regarding the cultivation environment in the cultivation equipment 1, and the management side control device 29 uses the environmental state from the water level sensors 34, 36, and 37 for the cultivation management processing that it performs, or transmits it to the information collection server 60.

[0049] It is also possible to use flow rate sensors (not shown) provided in the water supply line and the refill line, respectively, to replace the functions of the water level sensors 34, 36. Also, a single control device having the functions of the control device 29 on the management side and the control device on the managed side 4 may be provided for each farmland, and various types of management may be performed by this control device.

[0050] Fig. 6 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the camera device shown in Fig. 3. The camera device 31 has a control unit 31a in which a memory unit such as a CPU, a RAM, and a ROM is unitized and capable of executing various programs or processes, a camera 31b connected to the input side of the control unit 31a and taking pictures of the state of cultivation in the cultivation equipment 1, and a communication means 31c.

[0051] The control unit 31a is capable of wirelessly communicating directly with the management side control device 29 by the communication means 31c, and is also capable of communicating with the information collection server 60 via the router device 28 and the network N.

[0052] Then, the control unit 31a acquires the photographing information, which is photographing data or photographing signal information relating to still images or videos captured of the state of cultivation in the cultivation equipment 1, from the camera 31b, and transmits it to the management side control device 29 or the information collection server 60. Incidentally, the photographing information is versatile environmental information that can be used to confirm the growth state, etc., of the plant P. Accordingly, the camera device 31 also becomes a kind of acquisition device.

[0053] The camera device 31 may be treated as the above-mentioned power consuming device that consumes electricity generated by the solar panel 7, but may also be battery-powered. The camera 31b may be connected to the input side of either of the two types of control devices 4 and 29. In this case, the control device 4 or 29 functions as an acquisition device.

[0054] Fig. 7 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the acquisition device shown in Fig. 3. The acquisition device 32 has a control unit 32a in which storage units such as a CPU, a RAM, and a ROM are unitized and capable of executing various programs or processes, one or more sensors 32b, 32c, and 32d (three in the illustrated example) connected to the input side of the control unit 32a and for acquiring the environmental information, and a communication means 32e.

[0055] The control unit 32a is capable of wirelessly communicating directly with the management side control device 29 by the communication means 32e, and is also capable of communicating with the information collection server 60 via the router device 28 and the network N.

[0056] The control unit 31a acquires the sensed environmental information from the sensors 32b, 32c, and 32d and transmits it to the management control device 29 or the information collection server 60. The sensors 32b, 32c, and 32d are assumed to be sensors that detect the temperature or moisture content of the soil of the culture medium 12, or sensors that detect the air temperature, humidity, or illuminance of the cultivation equipment 1. Such environmental information is accumulated and utilized for cultivation management processing.

[0057] The acquisition device 32 may be treated as the above-mentioned power consumption device that consumes electricity generated by the solar panel 7, but may also be driven by a battery.

[0058] Fig. 8 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the measuring device shown in Fig. 3. The measuring device 33 has a control unit 33a in which storage units such as a CPU, RAM, and ROM are unitized and capable of executing various programs or processes, a sensor 33b connected to the input side of the control unit 33a and measuring the amount of carbon dioxide stored in the soil, and a communication means 33c.

[0059] The control unit 33a is capable of wirelessly communicating directly with the management side control device 29 by the communication means 33c, and is also capable of communicating with the information collection server 60 via the router device 28 and the network N.

[0060] Then, the control unit 33a acquires storage information, which is information on the amount of stored carbon dioxide, from the sensor 33b and transmits it to the management side control device 29 or the information collecting server 60.

[0061] This measuring device 33 may be treated as the above-mentioned power consumption device that consumes electricity generated by the solar panel 7, but may also be driven by a battery. The sensor 33b may be connected to the input side of either of the two types of control devices 4 and 29. In this case, similar to the case of the camera 31b, the control device 4 or 29 also plays the role of an acquisition device.

[0062] Fig. 9 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the information collecting server shown in Fig. 3. The information collecting server 60 includes a control unit 61 configured with a CPU, RAM, or the like and capable of executing various processes and programs, a storage device 62 configured with a RAM and an SSD or HDD and capable of temporarily or permanently storing various information, and a communication interface 63 enabling communication via a network N.

[0063] The storage device 62 is provided with a farmland information storage area 2a in which farmland information, which is information prepared individually for each farmland, is stored, a cultivation information storage area 62b in which cultivation equipment information, which is information prepared individually for each cultivation equipment 1, a camera equipment information storage area 62c in which camera equipment information, which is information prepared individually for each camera equipment 31, an acquisition equipment information storage area 62d in which acquisition equipment information, which is information prepared individually for each acquisition equipment 32, is stored, and a measurement equipment information storage area 62e in which measurement equipment information, which is information prepared individually for each measuring equipment 33, is stored.

[0064] The farmland information includes information on the location of the farmland, the shape and size of the land, etc.

[0065] The cultivation facility information includes information for individually identifying the farmland on which the cultivation facility is installed, and information on the position, size, range, etc. of the cultivation facility 1 on the farmland.

[0066] The camera device information includes information for individually identifying the farmland, the cultivation equipment 1, or the medium 12 (cultivation container 9) photographed by the camera device 31, and information on the specifications of the camera device itself.

[0067] The acquisition device information includes information for individually identifying the cultivation equipment 1 or culture medium 12 (cultivation container 9) that is the sensing target of the acquisition device 32, and information on the sensing target and specifications of the sensors 32b, 32c, and 32d.

[0068] The measuring device information includes information for individually identifying the cultivation equipment 1 or the culture medium 12 (cultivation container 9) that is the measurement target of the measuring device 33, and information on the specifications of the sensor 32b.

[0069] The storage device 62 also has an imaging information storage area 62f in which imaging information sent from the camera equipment 31 via the management control device 29 is stored together with information on the date and time of the imaging and information capable of identifying the camera equipment 31 that took the image, an environmental information storage area 62g in which environmental information sent from the acquisition equipment 32 via the management control device 29 is stored together with information on the date and time when the environmental information was acquired and information capable of identifying the acquisition equipment 32 that acquired the environmental information, and a storage information storage area 62h in which storage information sent from the measuring equipment 33 via the management control device 29 is stored together with information on the date and time when the storage information was measured and information capable of identifying the measuring equipment 33 that measured the storage information.

[0070] The control unit 61 has a shooting information acquisition processing unit 61a that acquires shooting information via the network N and stores it in the shooting information storage area 62f in the above-mentioned state, an environmental information acquisition processing unit 61b that acquires environmental information via the network N and stores it in the environmental information storage area 62g in the above-mentioned state, and a stored information acquisition processing unit 61c that acquires stored information via the network N and stores it in the stored information storage area 62h in the above-mentioned state.

[0071] The control unit 61 also has a reduction information derivation processing unit 61d that performs a reduction information derivation process to derive reduction information, which is information on the amount of carbon dioxide reduced from the atmosphere by the soil of all culture media 12 (cultivation containers 9) of the cultivation equipment 1 that is the subject of the measurement, or the amount of carbon dioxide removed from the atmosphere by the soil of the culture media 12 (cultivation containers 9) that is the subject of the measurement, from the storage information, and stores the reduction information in reduction information storage information 62i provided in the memory device 62, together with the date and time of the measurement and information that can identify the soil that is the subject of the measurement.

[0072] The control unit 61 also has a weather information acquisition processing unit 61e that performs weather information acquisition processing to acquire weather information for individual farmland via the network N and store the weather information in a weather information memory area 62j provided in the storage device 62 together with the date and time of acquisition and information identifying the farmland to which the weather information was acquired.

[0073] Furthermore, the control unit 61 is provided with an information provision processing unit 61f that executes an information provision process for providing various pieces of information stored in the storage device 62 to a user terminal 70, which is an information terminal operated by a user.

[0074] According to the cultivation management system configured as above, various information is collected in the information collection server 60. In other words, this system also has an aspect as an information processing system, and the information collection server 60 also has an aspect as an information processing server, and the information collected in the information collection server 60 can be used for more appropriate control of the irrigation device 3 in the future.

[0075] In addition, the amount of carbon dioxide that has been reduced from the atmosphere will be known, which can be used for trading, etc.

[0076] The cultivation facility 1 is not limited to the above-mentioned form, and cultivated land may be used as is without using containers.

[0077] In addition, when the soil is lacking in nutrients, nutrients may be dissolved and stored in the water storage tank 2. Of course, this mixing of nutrients can also be performed automatically.

[0078] In addition, as shown by virtual lines in Figure 9, the control unit 61 may be provided with a cultivation management processing unit 61g that uses information stored in the memory device 62 to execute cultivation management processing to give cultivation management instructions to one or both of the two types of control devices 4, 29.

[0079] In this case, the camera equipment 31 can be used to judge after the fact whether the cultivation management is appropriate or not, and a learning processing unit 61h can be provided to perform learning processing from this information, thereby making it possible to more appropriately perform automatic cultivation of the plant P. [Explanation of symbols]

[0080] 1 Cultivation equipment 2. Water tank 3. Irrigation equipment 4 Managed control device 29 Management control device 8 Water collection device 16 Solenoid valve 17 Rain gutters 31 Camera Equipment 31b Camera 32 Acquisition equipment 32b Sensor 32c Sensor 32d Sensor 33 Measuring Instruments 60 Information collection server 62 Storage device

Claims

1. A cultivation facility having a culture medium containing soil and for cultivating plants; A water tank and An irrigation device; A control device that controls the irrigation device; A power supply device; Solar panels and a water collecting device that collects rainwater that falls on the solar panel and stores it in the water storage tank, The irrigation device is configured to irrigate the cultivation equipment with water stored in the water storage tank, The power supply device is configured to supply at least a portion of the power generated by the solar panel to the irrigation device or the control device. A cultivation management system characterized by the above.

2. The solar panel is installed in an inclined position, The water collecting device has a gutter that catches rainwater flowing down a slope of the solar panel, The water collecting device is configured to replenish the water tank with water collected by the gutter. The cultivation management system according to claim 1 .

3. The solar panel is installed in a state where it covers at least a part of the cultivation facility. The cultivation management system according to claim 1 .

4. An acquisition device that acquires environmental information, which is information regarding the environment of cultivation in the cultivation facility; and an information collecting server that acquires and collects the environmental information via a network. The cultivation management system according to claim 1 .

5. The acquisition device includes a sensor for detecting the temperature or moisture content of the soil, a sensor for detecting the temperature, humidity, or illuminance of the cultivation facility, or a camera for photographing the cultivation facility. The cultivation management system according to claim 4.

6. A measuring device for measuring the amount of carbon dioxide stored in the soil; and an information collection server that acquires and collects storage information, which is information on the amount of stored carbon dioxide measured by the measuring device, via a network; The information collecting server has a storage device for storing the stored information. The cultivation management system according to claim 1 .

7. The information collecting server is configured to derive reduction information, which is the amount of carbon dioxide reduced from the atmosphere by the soil that is the subject of the measurement, from the storage information and store the reduction information in the storage device. The cultivation management system according to claim 6.

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