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In my last
article, The future of agriculture and the involvement of young people, I
pointed out the importance of applying new technologies and innovation within
agriculture to attract young talent, which are integrated as strategic pillars
for the sector’s sustainability.
IIn recent centuries, physical human labor and pack animals were the primary energy sources for agricultural work. Now, humanity has achieved technological innovations to support efficiency in the field, potentially improving the diagnosis and decision-making of agricultural producers. When machines are incorporated, farming operations can be performed with greater precision, leading to further improvements in efficiency and productivity.
The lack of data is always a limitation to analyzing the trends in the adoption of machinery; however, with efforts made by The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), we can classify the use of machinery into two groups:
The adoption of motor technologies began in the United States (EEUU), reaching its peak from 1910 to 1960; This technological revolution within agriculture displaced approximately 24 million pack animals. Twenty years later, the use of motors began to explode in the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland in 1930, followed by Japan, Denmark, France, Germany, Spain, and the former Yugoslavia. At a later stage, many Asian and Latin American countries witnessed considerable progress in adopting powered machinery.
The most recent databases published by the FAO, subject to the warning made by the same institution where it recognizes that they are irregular and obsolete, the following graph shows the progress of mechanization in the regions of the world between 1961 and 2009. The indicator (number of tractors in use per 1,000 ha of arable land) does not consider the tractor’s size or other equipment types. However, using an indicator as a proxy for machinery may be justified partly by the need for more availability of additional data and the fact that tractors are currently the primary energy source for many agricultural operations, such as land preparation, planting, fertilization, and chemical fumigation. In addition to transportation, tractors can also provide power to pump water for irrigation.
The future of the mechanization of agriculture is subject to the ability to obtain data that we have within the industry. Fortunately, more and more companies are pioneering data collection and technology manufacturing for innovation and waste prevention. A great example is a technology proposed by Experience Fruit Quality, an intelligent data platform to integrate data and improve yield monitoring.
Source:
https://www.fao.org/3/cb9479en/online/cb9479en.html
Agriculture is currently facing numerous challenges that call into question of judgment the sustainability of all activities involved, so innovation within the sector, rather than being an option, is necessary.
La digitalización se ha involucrado, indudablemente, en todas las esferas de nuestra vida y la agricultura no es la excepción. Si bien, podemos tener muchos cuestionamientos respecto a los rápidos avances digitales de estos últimos años, es innegable que en términos de eficiencia no hay otro camino que podamos seguir más que transitar hacia una transformación digital.
El ser disruptivo dentro de uno de los sectores de mayor tradición a través de la historia de la humanidad no es una tarea fácil, requiere de compromiso y constancia, puesto que lo socialmente establecido ha estado arraigado por generaciones. Los puntos que he compartido en este artículo son una mezcla que nos ha ayudado a construir una nueva normalidad y da pie al nuevo modus operandi que dejamos como herencia a este sector.
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