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Prepared for Jerald L. | Delivered January 22, 2020
Precision Agriculture Benefits
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Goals
Obtain insights and statistics on the benefits of precision agriculture on fruit-bearing plants such as pineapples.
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Early Findings
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.
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