Embrapa researchers encourage precision agriculture in Mato Grosso State
Researchers from Embrapa are visiting Mato Grosso State to publicize the concept and encourage the application of technologies and tools used in Precision Agriculture (PA) by rural farmers and technicians from the state. PA is a farming management system that considers the spatial variability of crops in order to achieve economic and environmental returns.
The meeting was requested by the Mato Grosso State Cotton Institute (IMAmt) and was held on November 29 and 30, 2016.
Researchers Ricardo Inamasu and Carlos Manoel Pedro Vaz (Embrapa Instrumentação); Ziany Neiva Brandão (Embrapa Algodão) and Julio Cezar Franchini dos Santos (Embrapa Soja) will provide an overview of the technique, demonstrate the use of PA to the map the physical and chemical attributes of the soil, as well as the impacts on cotton and soybean crops.
Partnerships
Embrapa has played a vital role in identifying problems, for example, in cotton crops in the Mato Grosso region, responsible for more than 50% of the country’s cultivated area. Researcher Carlos Manoel Pedro Vaz has used scientific and technological advances in the field to correlate diseases with soil conditions in cotton crops.
The study’s conclusions considered analyses of 1,162 soil samples from 263 private farms, distributed across seven production centers for the crop in Mato Grosso state.
Ziany Neiva Brandão will present success stories in PA use in Brazil and abroad in order to encourage farmers to adopt the technique, as well as the sensors and equipment used for monitoring and variable rate application for cotton.
One of the success stories presented is the result of a joint project by Embrapa Algodão and SLC Agrícola — with 14 production units in six states, including Mato Grosso – which has been underway since 2011 in conjunction with Embrapa Instrumentação, aimed at identifying which precise agriculture tools are most appropriate for cotton crops in Brazil.
“This project tested different vegetation indices obtained by satellite imaging, aerial photographs or multispectral cameras mounted on drones, as well as the electrical conductivity of the soil, yield maps and their relationship with soil and plant attributes, and phosphorous and nitrogen doses in cotton crops”, explains Ziany.
Read the full story at http://www.agrosoft.org.br/br
SOURCE:
Embrapa Instrumentação
Joana Silva – Journalist
Phone: +55 (16) 2107-2901
Embrapa Algodão
Edna Santos – Journalist
Phone: +55 (83) 3182-4361
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