Team: 60
School: New Mexico Tech Upward Bound Math & Science
Area of Science: Agriculture
Proposal:
Team Members:
Manoj Subedi- subedimanoj122@gmail.com
Jerrel White- WhiteJerrel@gmail.com
Alex Phommachack- phommachack.alex@gmail.com
Naomi Ramos-
Nigone Phommachack- owenfoam@gmail.com
Problem: In New Mexico and other parts of the world, people face the reality of cutting down natural habitats to make room for farms because of the increasing population that happens everyday. Lots of our foods come from these farms but in exchange, animals are losing their homes. We spray lots of pesticide every year to kill off the bugs that eat our growing produce. Since we spray with these products, most people are unaware of how it’s affecting our biogeochemical cycles.
Importance/Results: Smart farming is important heading into the future because it will save water, grow plants more efficiently, not use any chemical fertilizers and soil. Overall affecting the biogeochemical cycles in a positive way. The Method of Smart Farming is also efficient in saving space as well, smart farms produce more crops in smaller areas in shorter time compared to traditional farming. For our results we hope to inspire more people to invest in smart farming since it saves money and it’s better for our environment.
Plan/Action/Methods: Our plan is to investigate different methods of farming and their effect on the plants we grow. Smart farming will lead us into finding flaws in conventional farming and new ways of farming. Our ultimate goal is to experiment on the different methods of farming and improve on traditional farming. Some of these methods are, hydroponics, aquaponics, and variations of vertical farming. Further research will lead us into the method we will choose. Our method heavily relies on analyzing data collected or obtained from trusted source.
Team Members:
Naomi Ramos
Jerrel White
Alex Phommachack
Nigone Phommachack
Manoj Subedi
Sponsoring Teacher: Kurtis Griess