Precision agriculture has been one of the areas that has benefited the most in recent years with the use of Artificial Intelligence. According to the Huerta Digital (https://lahuertadigital.es/agtech-tendences/), among the main trends within the world of Smart Agriculture can be named remote monitoring of crops, robotics and agricultural automation and the area of ​​research and development in genetics and biotechnology.

Within remote crop monitoring, one of AgTech’s most recent forays is the analysis and processing from satellite images. This technology has the potential to monitor droughts and predict harvests in real time over large areas.

Another topic in full development within agricultural monitoring is how to achieve effective control of pests, diseases and other risk factors for Agro. The FuturCrop company implements technologies for the automatic detection of larvae and has declared that its initiative allows a reduction of 30-50% in the use of phytosanitary products in horticultural and fruit trees.

Regarding robotics and automation in agriculture, there are different types of robots for each productive stage, ranging from drones to robotic arms specialized in the harvest of fruits and vegetables.

In short, Artificial Intelligence promises to increase productivity in the agricultural sector by allowing the business to be managed more profitably. In periods of water deficit, such as the one that has plagued a large part of Latin America in recent years, it is essential to have technologies that allow optimizing and increasing the response capacity of this industry.