Desenvolvimento em startup de um aplicativo móvel para controle de irrigação em propriedades rurais

Abstract

With the impact of climate on agricultural productivity, in relation to the lack of rain, techniques such as irrigation become increasingly necessary. Technology helps by automating this process, and also by making it more precise. This area, which combines knowledge in Agronomy and Computing, is one of the focuses of activity of the company CropsTeam, currently based at the Pulsar Incubadora of the Federal University of Santa Maria. In collaboration with the company, this work aimed to develop an application aimed at rural producers, the company’s client, to facilitate control of the irrigation process. The application uses the Flutter Framework and the Dart language, in addition to integrating with Firebase for user management and information storage, communicating via API with models developed by the company in Fortran to calculate irrigation. It allows rural producers to view their farms, plots and crops, as well as irrigation suggestions for each crop, giving an overview of their structure and facilitating the management of their irrigations. Tests carried out with consultants and rural producers provided feedback on each part of the application, helping the company to improve the final result to be delivered to the customer.