Brazil uses satellite technology to promote soybean and corn production
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Last Update: 2001-12-12
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Lead: Brasilia (Reuters) - Brazilian farmers have started technological innovation, but only in an experimental phase, using satellite technology to help grow soybeans and corn, government scientists said on Monday At a farm in Mato Grosso State in western Brazil, agricultural researchers are trying to use satellite navigation system GPS to measure soil properties and crop growing climate Researchers at EMBRAPA, Brazil's state-owned agricultural research company, claim that the high-tech system, called precision agriculture, uses satellites and computers to determine the amount of fertilizer and pesticides needed for the soil "Through these measures we can reduce the pollution caused by pesticide consumption and reduce the waste of chemical fertilizer," Alberto Duque Portugal, chairman of the agricultural research company, told Reuters But fine agriculture is not carried out in most farms in Brazil, because the annual cost of use is 12000-15000 US dollars As the two largest agricultural research institutions in the world, the Brazilian state-owned agricultural research company and the agricultural research service of the United States jointly invest in the adoption of the technology in Brazil Researchers from the two companies began working for two days on Monday to discuss cooperation (author:) share to feed Weibo share to:
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