Connectivity for all Brazilian farmers is the next efficiency leap
23 Luglio 2020 - 03:00PM
- Connected CNH Industrial equipment enables productivity gains
of up to 20%.
- The company is a leader of the ConectarAGRO Association, which
aims to bring the internet to the countryside and remote regions of
Brazil.
London, July 23, 2020
Brazil is a world leading producer of grain, and
is set to reach a new national grain production record, with some
251 million tons of soybeans and corn in the 2019/2020 harvest,
according to the Country’s Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and
Supply. In the near future, a significant improvement in rural
productivity is expected thanks to increasing connectivity, one of
the pillars for the continuity of the Brazilian agriculture
evolution.
To guarantee network access in the field, CNH
Industrial is one of the founders and leaders of ConectarAGRO, a
non-profit association that aims to bring internet to all
agricultural and remote regions of the Country in an open,
accessible and simple way – working to overcome a challenge faced
by more than 70% of rural properties, according to the Brazilian
Institute of Geography and Statistics.
The organization is convinced of the important
benefits offered by connectivity, an essential aspect to enable the
full use of automation, servitization and digitalization – three
pillars of CNH Industrial's growth strategy.
“By bringing connectivity to the countryside, we
will benefit not only farms, where equipment and people will be
connected, but the entire value chain that involves agribusiness as
well as logistics operators, who transport the harvest. Both
agricultural and construction equipment will be able to operate to
their full potential, using all onboard technologies, increasing
producer profitability, land usage as well as enabling the
reduction of fuel consumption and wasted inputs,” said Vilmar
Fistarol, General Manager South America, CNH Industrial.
In 2019, ConectarAGRO expanded connectivity to
more than 5.1 million hectares of rural areas in Brazil via 4G LTE
700 MHz broadband, which represents around 8% of the Country’s
grain and sugarcane planted area – an area which is greater than
Belgium, Holland and Switzerland combined. This coverage benefited
more than 575,000 individuals, 218 towns and eight states, as well
as more than 24,000 kilometers of roads.
CNH Industrial has further strengthened its
commitment to the initiative with the election of Gregory Riordan,
the Company's Director of Digital Technologies for South America,
as President of the newly formed ConnectarAGRO Association.
“It is a significant responsibility to lead such
an important project. By 2021 we want to have more associates,
expand connectivity to 13 million hectares in Brazil and develop
projects aimed at upskilling people who live and work in the
countryside within a new digital reality,” said Mr. Riordan. "In
parallel, we will analyze with interest the international expansion
of ConectarAGRO, since we have already been contacted by
institutions in other South America countries.”
Practical gains with
connectivity
Connected equipment enables significant
productivity and efficiency improvements: when using connected
technologies Case IH and New Holland Agriculture planters can
increase efficiency by up to 5%, when following planned paths
together with the use of real-time monitoring, to minimize
downtime.
The planning of harvesting logistics can
increase machine availability by up to 20%, thereby avoiding
unscheduled stops and facilitating onward crop handling
logistics.
Case IH and New Holland Agriculture sprayers can
follow pre-prepared prescription rate maps as well as use real time
satellite or drone images, resulting in reduced input usage by some
15%, lowering operating costs and enhancing overall efficiency.
As such, access to automation and digitalization
facilitates better management of machinery fleets, agricultural
property and production planning, enabling accurate, fact-based
decision making. This roll out will benefit entire rural
communities and their ways of working.
CNH Industrial
N.V. (NYSE: CNHI /MI: CNHI) is a global leader in
the capital goods sector with established industrial experience, a
wide range of products and a worldwide presence. Each of the
individual brands belonging to the Company is a major international
force in its specific industrial sector: Case IH, New Holland
Agriculture and Steyr for tractors and agricultural machinery; Case
and New Holland Construction for earth moving equipment; Iveco for
commercial vehicles; Iveco Bus and Heuliez Bus for buses and
coaches; Iveco Astra for quarry and construction vehicles; Magirus
for firefighting vehicles; Iveco Defence Vehicles for defence and
civil protection; and FPT Industrial for engines and transmissions.
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Corporate Communications ManagerCNH IndustrialTel. +44 (0)2077 660
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