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Smart Agriculture: A Futuristic Vision of Application of the Internet of Things (IoT) in Brazilian Agriculture
1C. L. Bazzi, 1R. Araujo, 2E. G. Souza, 1K. Schenatto, 1A. Gavioli, 1N. M. Betzek
1. Technological Federal University of Parana
2. Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná

With the economy based on agribusiness, Brazil is an important representative on the world stage in agricultural production, either in terms of quantity or cultivated diversity due to a scenario with vast arable land and favorable climate. There are many crops that are adapteble to soils of the country. Despite the global representation, it is known that the Brazilian agricultural production does not yet have a modern agriculture by restricting the use of new technologies to farmers with better financial conditions and higher producing areas. Thus, it was considered the situation of producers in terms of usability of technological resources applied to agriculture  such as internet and smartphones, the Brazilian agricultural context in a systemic way and how this technological platform can help producers to be more competitive. Brazil is the sixth largest consumer of the world's smartphones and although it is a developing country, the use of these devices in the farmed environment is quite present as well as the availability of internet, even in the houses of small farmers. In the systemic context, the country has developed a rich network of agro-industrial cooperatives that support the majority of producers, on the purchase of inputs, technical support, marketing, among others, providing the integration of a technological platform for the sector, improving productive scenario through knowledge generation. With the integration of these data in a single environment, one can employ expert systems, simulators and analyzers generating knowledge and advantages both to those involved in agricultural process such as sector companies and cooperatives, and producers, improving their farming practices and making a better management of their property.

Keyword: precision agriculture, agribusiness, agriculture technology