Led by the Centro de Ciencia y Tecnología de Antioquia – CTA, BrioAgro has installed crop monitoring and smart irrigation devices in the banana zone of northern Colombia through two ASBAMA farms, the Association of Colombian Banana Growers of the departments of Magdalena and La Guajira. The newspaper “Opinion Caribe” has echoed the ASBAMA news,…
BrioAgro is one of the high-tech companies selected to be part of the first edition of Cajamar Innova: Cajamar’s innovation ecosystem, which accompanies entrepreneurs and companies in the development of new projects to address global water challenges.
They have developed a soil moisture calibration algorithm that allows them to know when, how much and where to irrigate. They obtain the necessary data by using sensor technology that they distribute in the soil and also by capturing localized satellite and weather information. These three sources of information make it possible to monitor the main variables in which the farmer can intervene to improve his crops and to predict very precisely the time and amount of irrigation.
BrioAgro’s director, José Luis Bustos, thanked EIT Foods, not only for the prize money, but also because it recognizes BrioAgro’s work in the use of low-cost irrigation technology, both for agriculture and for parks and gardens, which in addition to helping to irrigate in a responsible way, contributes to addressing the challenge of water scarcity in the world.
Artículo publicado en American Hydroponics por Jenny Harris, AmHydro’s President and CEO, titulado “5 Common Grower Mistakes…and how to avoid them”. Traducido por Agriculturers. Os mostramos el artículo en español e inglés:
En mis casi 30 años como productor de hortalizas e hidroponía, he aprendido bastante. La mayor parte de este duro conocimiento no proviene de mi éxito como agricultor, sino de los muchos errores que he cometido en el camino, y créeme, han sido muchos. Nos guste o no, la curva de aprendizaje en esta industria es inclinada, muy inclinada. Mucha gente en el negocio no te lo va a decir, pero aquí estoy yo para decírtelo. De hecho, esa es la razón por la cual me he transformado en un consultor en primer lugar.