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DRONES , SENSORS AND AI : WELCOME TO THE FOURTH AGRIBUSINESS REVOLUTION

The agricultural sector will undergo transformations with access to new technologies , services and operating models to make the production of all types of food more efficient .

The Internet of Things ( IoT ) is an extensive term that encompasses countless devices that , since the last decade , have begun not only to connect but also to interact with people and with each other autonomously .

Thanks to the aggregation of sensors , for instance , tiny connectors focus mainly on perceiving changes in the environment and sharing information with other devices to proceed accordingly .
Drones and sensors combined with operations software can become valuable partners for farmers in Latin America .
This means they turn the screen on at different speeds and adjust their alignment according to the data provided by the sensor .
Today , millions of sensors surround us almost imperceptibly but provide a significant amount of data with which people and companies make decisions without questioning their origin .
Mobile phones utilize sensors to determine motion , temperature and light and this impacts the way they operate .
Similarly , today ’ s vehicles have evolved considerably from what they were just a couple of decades ago , thanks to countless sensors that help with driving , stability , energy consumption , general safety for cargo and passengers , among other things .
Thanks to sensors , a category of products of which we were barely aware of , the use of drones has become
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