Peru: Artificial intelligence system to monitor crops in international competition
Peru
Published Oct 21, 2021
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With the use of artificial intelligence and automation, the aim is to facilitate the hydroponic agriculture of micro-vegetables to ensure a good food harvest. The eGreens crop monitoring system prototype, developed by a team with members in Peru, Argentina, Mexico, Uruguay and Venezuela, is the region's finalist for IBM's international Call for Code contest. Peterson Flemm, FullStack developer, explained to the Andina agency that for a month they worked on the prototype of the system that uses IBM Cloud services and includes a tray for planting micro-vegetables such as lettuce or carrots.
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"We have an advanced prototype, and we want to make an application so that people have access to the tools and know what kind of seeds they can sow," he said. eGreens will work as part of the monitoring system to warn the user that their vegetables are ready to be harvested thanks to the artificial intelligence they plan to integrate into this technological solution. In addition, through the interface implemented in each tray, this application will also be able to record the variety of seeds that have been sown in the trays and monitor their growth. With automation it is expected that it will also facilitate the watering of plants. First stage of the project “We want to optimize the irrigation system in a first stage. Most crops are lost due to irrigation or soil, and this is an important phase to have ready, ”said the young engineer. While the hydroponic agriculture monitoring system has been planned for areas with internet connectivity, work is also being done on offline options ...
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