TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT FOR THE LANDPKS

• Sponsoring Institution: Agricultural Research Service/USDA
• Project Status: ACTIVE
• Funding Source: USDA COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT
• Reporting Frequency: Annual
• Accession No.: 0429401
• Project Start Date: Aug 25, 2015
• Project End Date: Dec 31, 2017
• Program Code: [(N/A)]- (N/A)

Recipient Organization
BTR Marketing, LLC
P.O. Box 2085
Boulder,CO 80306-2085

Performing Department
RANGE MANAGEMENT RESEARCH UNIT

Non Technical Summary
(N/A)

Animal Health Component

60%

Research Effort Categories

Basic

40%

Applied

60%

Developmental

0%

Classification

Knowledge Area (KA)	Subject of Investigation (SOI)	Field of Science (FOS)	Percent
121	0199	1070	10%
121	0210	1070	10%
121	0320	1070	10%
121	0430	1070	10%
121	0710	1070	40%
121	0799	1070	10%
121	3310	1070	10%

Knowledge Area
121 - Management of Range Resources;

Subject Of Investigation
3310 - Beef cattle, live animal; 0320 - Watersheds; 0430 - Climate; 0799 - Rangelands and grasslands, general; 0210 - Water resources; 0199 - Soil and land, general; 0710 - Desert and semidesert shrub land and shinnery;

Field Of Science
1070 - Ecology;

Keywords

network

architecture

drylands

analytics

app

development

knowledge

systems

land

potential

Goals / Objectives
The objective of this cooperative agreement is to promote scientific and academic cooperation between the USDA, Agricultural Research Service's research unit based at the Jornada Experimental Range (ARS) and BTR Marketing, LLC, based in Boulder, Colorado. Cooperation activities include the design, development, and testing of mobile and web-based computer applications for collecting and sharing knowledge and information about sustainable land management, and the network architecture, databases and web services necessary to support these applications.

Project Methods
Collaborative design and computer programming activities are integral components of current Jornada projects. Development of each system will begin with scoping and design prior to programming. The Jornada will contribute to the iterative testing of the programs (including apps) prior to release, and to their evaluation and continued improvement following release. All results of this collaboration will be publicly available. The majority of the collaboration will occur via phone and internet meetings, but we do anticipate periodic travel to Las Cruces.