Within the framework of the Fontagro project "New technologies to increase the efficiency of water use in agriculture in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) by 2030", it seeks to increase water efficiency with the use of conceptual frameworks and n
In this regard, the National Director of INIA and current President of the Board of Directors of FONTAGRO, Pedro Bustos said that agriculture 4.0 can be a very useful tool to the extent that it is known to be used and that it is available to all producers. "What I like about this project is that it is not just theory, but it is a platform that is being applied in the fields and reflects how development should take place in an integrated way between the public and private sectors."In this regard, the National Director of INIA and current President of the Board of Directors of FONTAGRO, Pedro Bustos said that agriculture 4.0 can be a very useful tool to the extent that it is known to be used and that it is available to all producers. "What I like about this project is that it is not just theory, but it is a platform that is being applied in the fields and reflects how development should take place in an integrated way between the public and private sectors."
INIA's participation is led by researcher Claudio Balbontín, from INIA Intihuasi. This initiative is a collaborative effort of Spanish-speaking specialists to modernize irrigation management in the participating countries and in LAC, through technology transfer. Balbontín explained that the central idea is that decision makers, such as farmers, user organizations, among others, have information on crops with high spatial and temporal resolution and, in this way, transform traditional irrigation management systems in precision systems, improving efficiency in the use of water resources.
The platform includes scales of analysis that will go from individual plots to complete basins, for which technological tools will be used, such as satellite images; online platforms for inquiries on the status of crop development; water balance models; field sensors to implement intelligent irrigation and the development of software for intelligent irrigation management.
Background information on the project is available at https://tinyurl.com/y3hzfmbz.
