Embrapa and research and development partners promoted a field day on Tuesday (22) to present the most recent and advanced technological solutions to add value to the grain production chain in the agricultural frontier that encompasses Sergipe, Alagoas and Bahia (SEALBA) .
Around 130 people, including producers, agronomists, technical assistants and extensionists, teachers and students of agricultural sciences and municipal, state and federal public agents attended the event, held at Campo Experimental Jorge Sobral, in Nossa Senhora das Dores, Médio Sertão Sergipe.
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The activity comprised technological stations presented by Embrapa and partner companies in the research project coordinated by Embrapa researcher Tabuleiros Costeiros (Aracaju, SE), Edson Patto – Syngenta, Yara, Tecnoparts and Invento Geosoluções – the latter incubated at the Sergipe Technological Park (SergipeTec ).
Technologies
Visitors saw presentations and asked questions about the technologies used by each research partner organization. Syngenta presented 'Biotechnology and corn production system', showing the agronomic potential of its cultivars in the field. Yara spoke about its 'Nutritional Programs', presenting its most advanced range of fertilizers for corn crops.
Invento Geosoluções exhibited drones and fixed-wing unmanned aircraft, with the theme 'Geotechnologies applied to precision agriculture. The company's agents demonstrated technologies such as the one that adjusts equations to recommend nitrogen doses in real time based on the NDVI (Normalized Difference Vegetation Index, in English), obtained through aerial images with multispectral cameras and other types of sensors.
Within the theme 'Optical sensors: variable rate application', Tecnoparts took precision equipment to the field for soil analysis and high-precision application of nutrients such as nitrogen in exact doses and in places where there is a need.
Embrapa presented 'Alternatives for the formation of mulch in the Direct Planting System', using systems integrated with pasture and other alternatives.
Results
The general head of Embrapa Tabuleiros Costeiros, Manoel Moacir Macedo, highlighted the importance of public and private institutions working in partnership to advance knowledge in the agricultural sector and in all other areas. “This articulation of research is extremely important, as is its dissemination through events such as this field day. If everything goes according to plan, we will be presenting the first results of the harvest in December, at a big event in Aracaju”, he said.
For Edson Patto, the event exceeded all expectations, and demonstrates the great potential for the development and application of cutting-edge technologies in grain crops such as corn and soybeans in the SEALBA region, which has great agricultural potential.
“By offering advanced technological solutions for precision agriculture in the region, guaranteeing accurate diagnoses, increasing efficiency in the use of inputs and strengthening the sustainability of production, combined with its great vocation for agriculture, producers will be able to have greater gains in productivity and income ”, he stated.
Source: Agrolink
