Fruit traceability via mobile application

The traceability of agricultural products is essential to ensure food safety and monitor the production chain, in addition to being required by the Brazilian legislation. This activity can be optimized with the use of digital technologies. The present study verified the efficiency of a mobile applic...

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Published in:Comunicata Scientiae 2021-01, Vol.12, p.1-6
Main Authors: Reffatti, Leonardo, de Oliveira, Guilherme Gonçalves, Shibata, Marília
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agricultural cooperatives
Agricultural economics
Agricultural management
Agricultural production
Agricultural products
Agriculture
Applications programs
Chains
Conformity
Critical point
Crop management
Crops
Cultivars
Diaries
Efficiency
Fertilizers
Food safety
Fruits
Harvest
Harvesting
Legislation
Mobile communications networks
Mobile computing
Operating costs
Production costs
Production planning
Software
Tracking
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Summary:The traceability of agricultural products is essential to ensure food safety and monitor the production chain, in addition to being required by the Brazilian legislation. This activity can be optimized with the use of digital technologies. The present study verified the efficiency of a mobile application in tracking agricultural products and its use as a digital field diary. The study was developed with 13 participants who used a mobile application to record agricultural activities: applications of phytosanitary inputs and fertilizers; crop management, and recording of georeferenced harvest batches. The use of the application made it easier to record the activities in the digital field diary and monitor the agricultural products throughout the production chain. An alert system for the withholding period and the maximum limit of phytosanitary applications was developed and allowed a greater control of the products used. Both processes are considered critical points in the traceability system. For each harvest batch, a QR Code and cost, production, yield and fruit quality reports were generated by the application. Thus, the mobile application was efficient in tracking agricultural production and served as a digital field diary, in addition to allowing the management of agricultural activities and their production costs, proving to be an innovative and low-cost technology that can be used by fruit producers.
ISSN:2179-9079
2177-5133
DOI:10.14295/CS.v12.3483