Otimização das operações de semeadura com uso de ferramentas digitais na agricultura

Abstract

The search for profitable productivity has grown significantly over the years. In this scenario, precision agriculture, by acting in the operational management of crops, collaborates in achieving estimated goals related to more efficient planning, which results in processes, previously done empirically, more effective and more profitable. With this, the present work aimed to estimate the potential benefit of using the sowing planning of the irrigated rice crop through the AgroCAD software. The study area is located in the city of Itaqui, in the Western Frontier of Rio Grande do Sul, where the research was conducted in the year 2023. The study consisted of two different scenarios for carrying out the sowing operation, corresponding to: (i) usual direction made by the producer and (ii) traffic planning to carry out the operation. As response variables, the work evaluated the effect on operational capacity and fuel cost. The scenario represented by the previous planning of the operation, in the software, resulted in greater operational efficiency, due to the need for a smaller number of rows to complete the seeding and, consequently, shorter execution time. The savings in fuel consumption expenses stood out in the plots that presented larger areas and irregular geometries, as it is where the operator has greater difficulty in finding the best direction of execution of the operation. Keywords: Precision agriculture, Sowing, Operational efficiency.