Mexico City - Due to the economic losses caused by rust in the coffee plantations in Mexico and worldwide, iLab, HUB innovation based Jalapa, Veracruz, developed Adtech, monitoring and detection device of agricultural infections to prevent breakthrough of contamination throughout the culture.
The rust is a disease that affects mainly coffee mature leaves of crops and, in severe degrees, causes a sharp drop in these, resulting in production losses. Globally there were losses of some 600 million just in 2013; Mexico and recorded a loss of 60 billion, according to the Agricultural Information Service and Pesquera (READY).
SIAP sources estimate losses higher 8 thousand dollars per acre of planted coffee rust because. With the help of ADTECH can monitor a hectare growing at a cost of 600 annual pesos, thus reducing crop losses in 90 percent.
"ADTECH reveal the early appearance of rust, before it is visible, as an advanced degree of infection, triples combat losses and reduces product quality ", Anthony said Bulbarella, CEO of the project and enterprising graduate of iLab, Veracruz in a statement.
With information The Financial