Precision Agriculture Benefits

•  Pineapple farmers in Costa Rica are being trained on good agricultural practices (GAP) such as precison agriculture concepts, weed management, cost structuring, and other topics.
• According to the farmers, they have gained some expertise on how to protect their plants from pests, how to properly use protective gears, how to read labels properly, and how to calibrate their equipment.
• They also stated that they now have more knowledge on how to cultivate the soil and how to make sense of the cost structure.
• In general, precision farming can enable farmers to earn more due to the higher yields.
• The strategic growing techniques from precision farming concepts can help in maximizing fruit production.  
• The technology practices under the precision farming method can also lessen the manual labor needed to tend the plants as technology can substitute for this work.
• The fruit picking technology industry is also growing as more devices to automaticallly pick fruits become available.  
• With this, farmers can earn more and reduce the overhead needed to harvest their produce.
•  Plantation International has experience in handling pineapple plantations.
• Plantation International applies precision farming concepts to maximize their yield, while lowering costly inputs.
• The process can also help in determining the amount of fertilizer to apply.