Evaluación de la humedad del suelo en cultivos estratégicos de Boyacá para la aplicación de sistemas de robótica, en el diseño de riegos eficientes

Abstract

Agriculture needs as a factor of great importance for the development of a population, it satisfies one of the most important of the human being such as food. Food is usually obtained from crops produced by farmers, where water is of great importance, since all crops need it for their development. But as has been observed in recent years, this resource is at a critical point, since, for example, in Colombia there are already areas where it has to be cultivated at certain times, due to the lack of water. With the implementation of electronic tools, soil moisture will be modified in greenhouse tomato crops in the Hato village of the Miraflores municipality, Boyacá, through the kriging method, these data taken in the field were interpolated, to make a graphic representation that allows evidence the total soil moisture map of the selected crop, thanks to these studies and development of the project with the implementation of electronic tools, it is possible to recommend to farmers in the area the most appropriate type of irrigation for their crops and they can obtain some better results in its life cycle. In this way, an adequate use of the water resource is achieved without affecting the crops of the farmers, due to the fact that in the development of this project tests were carried out in 3 different greenhouses, with different schedules and with different types of irrigation, for this reason improves obtaining reliable results.