The executive of NEUROPUBLIC had an informative and comprehensive discussion with the journalist Dimos Bakirtzakis about the application of the gaiasense system in cotton cultivation.

Greece has for years been at the top of the EU in terms of cotton production and export, with 80% of the European cotton growing area. At the same time, both climate change and the pandemic have created a great deal of stress for Greek producers who have set themselves short-term objectives of maintaining high levels of production and quality of cotton, while reducing the cost of production.

How can smart farming help cotton production? The answer to this question, as well as to many others, was given a few days ago by Konstantinos Tsiounis, Sales Manager of NEUROPUBLIC. In an in-depth interview with the journalist Dimos Bakirtzakis of Radio Chronos 87.5 FM in the prefecture of Rodopi, Mr. Tsiionis made sure to entertain the impression that smart farming is a difficult and expensive business.

“This service is for every producer. One can get access to all smart farming services without having to invest in expensive technological equipment,” he claimed.

At the same time, the executive of the Greek company Technology and IT analyzed the benefits of gaiasense in cotton production, as reflected in field studies: “We have proven the benefits of gaiasense after five years in the region and that too in cotton production.”

Significant benefits from smart farming

Specifically, in the case of cotton, gaiasense has shown that it can reduce irrigation water use by up to 14% and plant protection input costs by up to 28%. At the same time, it helps to reduce by 25% the electricity consumed for irrigation, while the production can at the same time have an overall benefit of +30%.

As to why the Rodopi region was chosen, Mr Tsioniis was clear. “The Prefecture of Rodopi, in which we have invested significantly over the last five years, is a dynamic region both in cotton and in other crops in which we have already developed a great deal of expertise and can directly provide a service that gives added value to the producer – both qualitatively and quantitatively”.

Watch the full interview below.

https://soundcloud.com/87-5fm/neuropublic-sa