Mate Barkoczi
research & design &  prototype



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place for professional eco farmer community
Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, Interaction Design
September - December 2022 (Autumn Semester)
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During the six-month planning process, we were challenged with helping Hungarian rural life to adapt to climate change, knowing that we are living already in the post-climate-change agricultural era. Our aim was to focus on UX research and UX design part.




Problem discovery



Can we strengthen the farmers’ network in the whole country?

How is it possible that farmers know each other but they don’t share their experience regularly after they’ve entered the door of climate change crisis?



Field trip and Interviews
Desk officer in the area of Csongrád, HU - land referral officer Lecturer in the experimental farm at Nyíregyháza University, HU Farmer at Veres-farm in Nyírbogdány, HUTraditional farmer from Tápióság, HUFacilitator of Nyim, HU eco community


Current networks for farmers -  Exploring the context



Can we strengthen the farmers’ network in the whole country?How can we spread the knowledge about all the new technologies, materials and techniques for people who are or will be involved in them?How can we support the feeling of being part of a community and show responsibility and accessibility to farming?



Impact of climate change in Hungarian agriculture is shown by droughty fields. The farmers don’t really know how to store water and the knowledge doesn’t spread about new techniques. Furthermore, thanks to the missing knowledge, traditional agriculture depletes environmental resources by now. Through the desktop research I started the questioning and interventions phase. How is it possible that farmers know each other but they don’t share their experience regularly after they’ve entered the door of the climate change crisis?
‘Soil is more than dirt’

intensive tillage + overgrazing
the carbon concentration of agricultural sectors have reduced

it isn’t effective to communicate in groups on social media
the people are not there based on their profession

keep important biological values under the ground
phosphor, potassium, organic content, nitrogen, micro elements

region specific cultivation (closely zero affect)
gruber sowing, direct sowing

prices of fertilizers are getting a lot higher
many of the farmers stop traditional farming

cows with airtag
farmers can’t avoid technology

trending
traditional farming becoming eco farming


The carbon concentration of agricultural sectors has reduced because of the intensive tillage and overgrazing. Farmers need to keep important biological values under the ground, such as phosphor, potassium, organic content, nitrogen, micro elements. New techniques and region specific cultivation (closely zero effect) could help to minimize the effect of agriculture. Two main examples are currently in Hungary: gruber sowing and direct sowing. The motto for the future of agriculture could be like ‘soil is more than dirt’.

Features and benefits of my application
provide open source data where appropriate
building professional community

combine open source data with governmental data
connect with agronomists

controlled accessibility by the registration with ‘Aranykalász’ certificate
practicing the first steps as an eco farmer

create, maintain and communicate results from real-time platforms for transparency
sharing knowledge


Main flows

/ features

building professional communityconnect  with agronomistpracticing the first steps as an eco farmersharing knowledge


/  benefits

provide open source data where appropriatecombine open source data with governmental datacontrolled accessibility by the registration with ‘Aranykalász’
certifcatecreate, maintain and communicate results from real-time
platforms for transparency


However, climate change hasn’t dramatically affected our routines as a farmer in agriculture yet. At the same time the prices of fertilizers are getting a lot higher, many of the farmers had to stop traditional farming. Optimistically, it could bring a new trend and traditional farming could start becoming eco farming. It is not effective to communicate in groups on social media, because the people aren’t there based on their profession. So there is an opportunity to open a channel for farmers who would share their knowledge with each other.












Supervisors
Ákos Csertán, Tamás Fogarasy, Michael Leube

Photo
Iryna Bahanenka
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