Sistema de monitoreo de variables agroclimáticas para los cultivos de aguacate Hass en el Valle del Cauca

Abstract

According to (Grajales Guzmán, 2017) The world is demanding more Hass avocado and Colombia is the fifth producer of this variety, however, There are obstacles that separate the country from the export goal set by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MADR) and if they are not exceeded, they may put the country out of business. According to MADR data, the area planted with avocado in Colombia is 28,000 hectares with what is achieved with an annual production of 250,000 tons of which the Hass variety has 10,500 hectares planted and its annual production is 47,000 thousand tons, which represents 38% of the total production at the national level, Corpo Hass is the corporation of producers and exporters of Hass Avocados in Colombia and have published an investigation by (Grajales Guzmán, 2017) in where it is indicated that this variety is the one with the greatest potential in the market international since at this time Colombian avocado is consumed in Holland, UK, Spain and France, Avocado consumption in the US has registered a growth of 100% in the last five years, 11% only in 2015. However, the MADR indicates that investment and implementation in modernization of agriculture in Colombia has been low compared to other sectors economic, this being one of the main affected by conflicts internal geopolitical factors of the country and for this reason the arrival of technology and academia has been limited so growth has been empirically based.

This research is a contribution to reduce the technological lag currently present in the agricultural sector of Colombia, more specifically in Hass avocado crops by designing a system that allows monitor the environmental variables that most influence production avocado.