This is what happens "traditionally" in his particular experience, said Roberto Oliveira, director of the firm ICA (Ingenieros Consultores Asociados) and member of the Uruguayan Chamber of Information Technology (Cuti).
"Livestock farming has much smaller IT applications than agriculture or forestry. The momentum of the traceability system has made many companies have understood good to incorporate management systems to manage the information that comes from having the animals individually identified, which previously did not exist," he added.
However, he estimated "without a doubt" that the possible reopening of the Japanese market for Uruguayan meat and the probable intensification of exports to China and Egypt could boost livestock farming as a demander of Information and Communication Technologies.
"Ten years ago it was difficult to find IT companies that saw agriculture as an important niche. That has been changing in the last few years," said Oliveira, an electrical engineer recycled to computer science who has also been a cattle producer in Lavalleja (breeding) and Canelones (breeding and wintering) since 1993.
In meetings of people linked to ICTs, the topic of agriculture is seen "more and more" as "a necessity and as something that is really worth getting involved in," he told Carve.
On the other hand, Mr. Oliveira pointed out that agricultural companies feel "much more" than before the need for the use of these technologies, for "the optimization of what has to do with production".
Source: Carve
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