According to the Memorandum signed with American John Deere Company, centres of digital control of agricultural production have been opened in administrative building of the Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Protection as well as in Anau, Ahal Velayat.
At present, the equipment of this company is used for making rows and sowing at the fields in several etraps of Ahal Velayat for tests of relative programme software. In future, the data on cultivation and harvesting in the farms of the above-mentioned etraps will be collected from the sensors installed on harvesters and tractors.
Provision of machinery with electronic equipment allow increasing the quality of soil cultivation and production capacity of agricultural equipment, defining the results of mechanical works, accounting of fuel consumption, collecting and analysis of all necessary data.
In this regard, the President highlighted that implementation of digital technologies in agriculture is an important and perspective component of the strategy of development of agricultural complex of the country. use of the system of ‘precise land farming’ will give the opportunity to increase the level of automation of national agriculture, will provide efficient and rational use of land and water resources, fertilizers and chemicals for plant protection.
Respectively, all of these will support integrated solution of the main objectives, including on agricultural production, growth of profitability of agrarian business and environment protection.
