Rwandan Farmers’ Perceptions of the Acoustic Environment and the Potential for Acoustic Monitoring

Agriculture, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 15(1), P. 25 - 25

Published: Dec. 25, 2024

Monitoring the farm acoustic environment can provide important information about processes affecting crop production. This paper assesses farmers’ knowledge and attitudes toward technology for monitoring in Rwanda. Stratified random sampling was used to select 430 farmers from 3 sectors. Demographic, farm, technical data were collected with a survey. Cross-tabulation results show secondary university education are more interested than those primary engaged commercial farming sources subsistence farmers. However, nearly all willing deploy listening monitor environment. Farmers have clear priority listen animals on whether they pests (specifically, birds) or livestock. A chi-square test of independence indicates significant relationship between consideration their sound monitoring. want technological solution, but demand that solution be low-cost simple alert. The inform system requirements an Internet Things network deliver this farmer.

Language: Английский

Sonic restoration: Acoustic stimulation enhances soil fungal biomass and activity of plant growth-promoting fungi

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Jan. 15, 2024

Ecosystem restoration interventions often utilise visible elements to restore an ecosystem (e.g., replanting native plant communities and reintroducing lost species). However, using acoustic stimulation ecosystems has received little attention. Our study aimed (a) investigate the potential effects of on fungal biomass organic matter decomposition, which are both crucial components functioning (b) assess effect growth rate sporulation growth-promoting fungus Trichoderma harzianum. We played 70 dB 90 soundscape treatments (@ 8 kHz) green rooibos teabags in compost experimental mesocosms for hours per day 14 days test whether affected decomposition (a control mesocosm only ambient sound <30 dB). a monotone (80 @ over five harzianum this (control samples show that resulted increased biomass, greater enhanced T. conidia (spore) activity compared controls. These results indicate influences soil potentially facilitates their functioning. A piezoelectric and/or mechanoreceptor possible mechanisms. highlights alter important functional components, could, with further development, be harnessed aid restoration.

Language: Английский