Experience report 12/02/2021
Press release: Eureden and Ecorobotix announce results which confirm the effectiveness and the agroecological interest of the ARA sprayer in bean crops.
Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland, 2 December 2021. Ecorobotix carried out tests with the ARA sprayer over more than 40 hectares of beans in partnership with Eureden’s vegetable business. The results demonstrate a reduction of 70% on average of using crop protection products over the area treated, while allowing for a normal harvesting and recovery of crops.
ARA is a high-precision sprayer which allows for a targeted application of herbicides, fungicides, insecticides or fertilisers for an ecological and economical treatment of row crops (beetroot, colza, potato sprouts, corn, soya, etc.), open field vegetables (beans, onions, lettuce, spinach, etc.), grasslands and intercrops. Ecorobotix’s patented technology allows high-resolution images of plants to be captured. These images are then analysed by the computer embedded in the sprayer in order to classify these plants. After analysis and identification, the targets are watered by ultra-short jets, up to a precision of 8x3cm. Ecorobotix thus operates artificial intelligence technology to favour the transition to more sustainable farming, which is more respectful of the environment, while enabling farmers to make savings.
The ARA sprayer offers producers and farmers numerous advantages over other types of weeding methods: a decrease in the quantity of chemical products used, high reduction in residue and phytotoxicity on crops, improved yield depending on the crop.
The tests with ARA were carried out between mid-July and mid-August 2021 in Pontivy (France) over ten fields of beans, totalling more than 40 hectares.
Eureden carried out a comparative test on each plot, by treating one area with ARA and another area with a full-fledged treatment.
This difference in treatment has resulted in the following conclusions:
After these first substantial results, Eureden will work on a model that will be rolled out on a large scale which will be used on beans, and the partnership with Ecorobotix will be extended through new tests of the ARA sprayer on different crops.
The co-operative group from Brittany, Eureden, brings together 20,000 co-operative farmers and 9,000 collaborators around one common ambition: healthy eating for all, with the ongoing concern of responding to the expectations of consumers and of society.
The Eureden group is composed of 6 branches (Farming, Eggs, Meat, Frozen Food, Long Life and Green Distribution) and has 60 industrial sites, 300 stores intended for cooperative farmers and the general public, as well as a portfolio of strong brands such as D’aucy, Jean Nicolas, Globus, Paysan Breton, Cocotine, Aubret, Point Vert and Magasin Vert.
Le communiqué de presse: PDF
Photos du pulvérisateur ARA dans les cultures de haricots d’Eureden: Eureden photos haricots
Pictures + videos of the ARA sprayer to download : link
More videos on our youtube channel : link
Press contact
Isabelle Aeschlimann
Communication officer for Ecorobotix
media@ecorobotix.com
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