Avibo and creative command launch an artificial intelligence project applied to viticulture

The Association of Viticuls and Body of the Canary Islands Avibo – majority sector association of regional scope in our archipelago - Together with creative command he has presented ecovitis, A project for the benefit of the entire Viticultural sector of the Canary Islands. This is a unique research and development project in the world and innovative in this area, that bets towards environmental sustainability.

Ecovitis makes use of artificial intelligence applied to disease control and irrigation management in viticulture, Designing algorithms that are "learning" from the daily images of Sentinel (EU satellite) of the different vineyard plots, of the Aemet meteorological stations of Agro Cabildo de Tenerife and those of the farms participating in the project.

This way, Ecovitis is learning from traditional mathematical models that, With this information, They make their predictions, as well as the direct observation of field technicians in the different farms. With all these data a very reliable prediction of the possible attacks of the vine oidio is obtained ten days in advance, Information that is sent to the wine grower through the digital field notebook that is intended to be implemented in the near future. This information will allow you to work the farmer with preventive and non -curative products, which facilitates the transaction to the ecological culture model.

Seven wineries participate in this project that, With its technicians and vineyards, They are in charge of "training" the model that, predictably, In a year he will be available to all winemakers and wineries who wish. They are a total of twelve farms at different altitudes, orientations and varieties belonging to the Viñátigo wineries, Tajinaste, The Loin, Juan Escudero estate, Conatvs, Ferrera, Monk and tamargada.

On a technical level there is some of the best companies in the world worldwide, As are EC2CE, who develop the algorithms of AI; Horta-Basf (Piacenza-Italy), responsible for applying mathematical models; Altavitis (The Rioja) what, In turn, Optimize irrigation and biomakers management models (California) which are responsible for studying soil microbiology and relating microbiological diversity and wealth with factors such as plant health and their productive capacity and cultivation practices that are carried out in plots.