The Ministry of Information and Communications Technologies and AGROSAVIA joined together to integrate Artificial Intelligence into the soil analysis process. The project consists of strengthening ICT for use in the agricultural sector, which includes, among others, the acquisition of a system for information management in the laboratory, the use of Artificial Intelligence for the realization of fertilization plans, among others . The analysis of soil with Artificial Intelligence represents greater efficiency in the times for the analysis of soil fertility requested by farmers in the country, facilitates access to analyzes by farmers, through the portal where they can access the status of their samples, their Results and their recommendations. It also allows the laboratory to improve the traceability aspects of the laboratory and the automation of the data, by integrating the measuring instruments into the software for the automatic passage of data, the use of Excel and paper in the laboratory analysis process is reduced, and enhance the appropriation of digital tools by Colombian farmers.

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The project can be replicated by adding components to the analysis of soil samples as climatic and market variables.

The project has sustainability thanks to the fact that the soil analysis process is a service provided by the Agrosavia Laboratory to Colombian agricultural producers

It materializes the positive effects of ICTs on a tangible result, which improves a service accessed by Colombian agricultural producers. In this way it allows a positive impact on the productivity of the agricultural sector.