Colombia: Smart irrigation might enable a sustainable future for Hass avocado
Researchers from the Faculty of Engineering at Universidad del Valle (Univalle) have developed an application that integrates a wealth of crop, soil and climate data to give Hass avocado growers, even small growers, a simple tool for precise irrigation management.
Professor Edwin Erazo, from Univalle’s School of Natural Resources and Environmental Engineering and lead author of
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