Embrapa and Jacto partner up on a digital inclusion project to bring precision agriculture to small rural properties.
July 2024 - Embrapa Digital Agriculture (Campinas/SP) and Jacto have signed a partnership to validate sensors for portable equipment to be used in the Agrotechnological Districts of the Semear Digital Center. The precision agriculture initiatives will initially target small and medium-sized farmers in three of the ten municipalities participating in the Semear Digital project, funded by Fapesp.
Caconde/SP, São Miguel Arcanjo/SP and Vacaria/RS are the Agrotechnological Districts of the Center for Science for Digital Agriculture Development (Semear Digital) covered by the initiative. Farmers will take part in research, innovation, and of technology transfer activities outlined in the cooperation agreement signed during the 29ºHortitec, held between June 19th and 21st, in Holambra/SP.
The Semear Digital initiative works to find solutions tailored to the various rural realities in the country and, through partnerships, identifies connectivity challenges and proposes communication solutions. It also researches, develops, and validates enabling technologies for digital solutions. The project also focuses on training producers, agricultural technicians, and consultants in digital technologies through producer associations, cooperatives, public or private rural extension offices.
The directors Carlos Daniel Haushahn, from Jacto and Stanley Oliveira, from Embrapa, signed the project during the event.
Joint efforts - "More and more, those who have accurate information about what they are producing will stand out and add value to the production. The initiative should help the segment a lot, with which we already work," said Carlos Daniel Haushahn, CEO of the Portable Equipment line at Jacto. At the signing, the leader emphasized the importance of associating the company with Embrapa's digital agriculture project.
The supply chains of coffee and fruticulture will be rechead by the iniciative, that will open new opportunities in other chains and regions. The expectation is from Staley Oliveira, CEO from Embrapa Digital Agriculture, that signed the agreement by the institucion. “The inovative iniciative near by the segment must help
The coffee and fruit production chains will be impacted by the initiative, which is expected to create new opportunities in other chains and regions. Stanley Oliveira, general manager of Embrapa Digital Agriculture, who signed the agreement on behalf of the institution, is optimistic. "This innovative initiative in partnership with the sector should help fill labor gaps and speed up the automation process in fruit estimation, already adopted in large properties and for grains," highlighted Oliveira.
The action plan regarding the partnership will be developed over the two years of the agreement, aiming to validate and improve sensors in portable equipment. It includes coordinating research teams with focal points of the DATs.
Validation stages of the system are also planned for apple cultivation, data digitization in coffee farming for certification purposes, and collecting various data in fruit growing. The Foundation for Support of Research and Development (Faped) is also a partner in the technical cooperation agreement.
About Jacto
Jacto, a Brazilian multinational company of agricultural machinery, portable equipmente, solutions, and services, has over 75 years of history. It all began with its founder Shunji Nishimura in 1948 in the city of Pompeia (SP). Currently, with factories in Brazil, Argentina, and Thailand, commercial offices and Distribution Center in Mexico and the United States, the company sells its products in over 100 countries. Additionally, the company provides solutions and services for precision agriculture and agriculture 4.0, promoting increasingly sustainable production.