AGE-TECH AND AGROTECHNICAL SOLUTIONS FOR CREATING AN EXPERIMENTAL PLANT FOR PRODUCING VEGETABLES AND GREENS UNDER PANDEMIC INSULATION
Medvedev Artem Vladimirovich - researcher, post-graduate student , All-Russian Research Institute of Irrigated Agriculture, 400002, Volgograd, Timiryazeva st., 9, artemmedwedew@rambler.ru
Tikhonova Margarita Konstantinovna - candidate of agricultural sciences, Senior Researcher, Department of Irrigation Reclamation, Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution All-Russian Research Institute of Irrigated Agriculture, 400002, Volgograd, Timiryazeva st., 9, vniioz@yandex.ru
The article provides information on a new trend in the development of the global economy - the digital technology segment for the elderly - Age-Tech. It has been shown that the period of isolation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the elderly, especially in cities, have a strong need to communicate with nature, to satisfy rationalization ideas. The proposed experimental plant for growing vegetables at home (indoors in small areas), designed by scientists from the VNIIOZ FGBNU together with students of the Volga Polytechnic Institute (branch) of VolgSTU, partly allows you to satisfy these aspirations, in addition, to have fresh vegetables to provide a healthy diet. A tutorial on the development of an experimental plant for the cultivation of vegetables is presented, the effect of illumination from different types of LEDs (red spectrum 630-660nm and 660-730nm; blue spectrum 400-425nm; ultraviolet radiation in the range - 380-400nm) on growth, formation of green mass, yield is shown tomatoes and cucumbers. White LEDs with a temperature of 3000-4500K were used as the main light source. In 2021, the study will continue, the selection of varieties and hybrids of plants for cultivation at home will be carried out, the installation for irrigation and feeding of plants will be automated, the optimal level of power supply of the installation has been calculated, changes have been made to the computer program for processing data on temperature, humidity, and the growth rate of green masses, etc. It has been proved that at home, elderly people can design mini greenhouses by themselves, get a harvest of fresh vegetables in them, subject to a certain mode of lighting, watering, feeding.
Key words: Age-Tech, pandemic, experimental setup, accessories and illumination of mini greenhouses, vegetable crops of closed ground, illumination, LEDs.
