Month: September 2019

SWAMP was presented at Agrinordeste 2019 (agrinordeste.com.br), the most important agriculture event in the Northeast Region of Brazil. Agrinordeste was held in Recife, state of Pernambuco, from 24 to 26 September 2019. SWAMP was presented by Carlos Kamienski on Sep 26th in a session called “Irrigation in the Age of Internet of Things – Digital Platforms”, that counted by many students in the audience in the area of agronomy and technology.

The presentation received news coverage, as it made the cover of the business section of the local newspaper Diário de Pernambuco with the suggestive headlines “Fertile Ground for IoT” (digital.diariodepernambuco.com.br/empresasenegocios/27/09/2019/p1)

The 4th Brazilian and Latin American IoT Conference was held at São Paulo on 17th and 18th of September 2019 (congresso.iotbrasil.org.br/2019). SWAMP participated in a panel called “Experiences of International Cooperation – joint Brazilian and European IoT projects” moderated by Wanderson Pain from RNP, together with FASTEN (fastenmanufacturing.eu) and OCARIoT (ocariot.eu) projects. SWAMP, FASTEN and OCARIoT were selected in the last joint EU-BR call in the IoT topic and focus on agriculture, industry and healthcare, respectively.

Compared to previous presentations of SWAMP, the novelty was the inclusion of the MATOPIBA pilot scenario, since in the end of August 2019 the Embrapa team (composed of André Torre and Marcos Visoli) travelled in a laboratory van to the MATOPIBA region to install 7 sensor probes, a mist node, a weather station and a fog node.

The 12^th Brazilian Cotton Congress was held in Goiânia (state of Goiás, close to Brasília) from 27^th to 29^th August 2019 with the motto “cotton industry as a showcase for tomorrow’s agriculture”. Goiânia is located in the heart of cerrado – the Brazilian savanna – where a modern, productive and sustainable cotton production has been consolidated, which today characterizes Brazil as a major world player. The congress covers a broad area in cotton production, from exhibitors from the cotton market, to keynote speeches, scientific lectures, panels and workshops.

Levertech has been working together with a group of agribusiness cooperatives to create a Brazilian Farming LoRaWAN Network, as well as an ecosystem of applications with different Smart Farming IoT solutions. The potential applications include measuring soil moisture, tracking things/people/vehicles, connecting pest traps and monitoring fruit farming teams. The SWAMP pilot farm at MATOPIBA also received a Levertech LoRaWAN Gateway to integrate with both the SWAMP Platform and the Brazilian Farming LoRaWAN Network. During the event, Helder Gaudêncio was interviewed by the local TV station and explained the LoRaWAN strategy adopted by LeverTech.

Embrapa researchers André Torre and Marcos Visoli, on their way to the MATOPIBA pilot in a laboratory van, also showcased the SWAMP sensor probes and mist nodes with the LoRaWAN Gateway and Weather Station.