Strider promotes online meetings about digital agriculture

With the cancellation of several agricultural events for a few months, the sector's calendar in Brazil suffers from the lack of spaces for debates about new technologies in the field. To fill this gap caused by current restrictions, Strider, Syngenta's digital arm, decided to promote Digital Talks: a series of online meetings to discuss the paths to digital agriculture. In the coming weeks, the company will bring together big names in agriculture for conversations in a completely virtual environment open to public participation.

The chats are scheduled for April 7th, 9th, 14th and 16th, always at 19pm. For Strider's New Projects and Events Manager, Beatriz Esteves, the event will bring debates with large farmers from different regions of the country to people's homes. "We will have a calendar of talks with producers of different sizes and from different cultures, who will share their experiences about the challenges encountered and the solutions that are working in their day-to-day agricultural operations", she says.

According to Syngenta's General Marketing Director, André Savino, who will mediate the second panel discussion (09/04), the meetings are important for promoting sustainability in the field. "Technology is a powerful tool for production management. Its advancement opens the way for more efficient agriculture, with more results for the producer and less environmental impact", he assesses.

Among the guests is Thomaz Struckel, Technology, Innovation and Big Data Manager at Irmãos Franciosi Group. According to him, Digital Talks fosters opportunities for the emergence of digital solutions. "I think it's great. We have a great openness to technology. I hope to tell you what we are doing, hear from other groups and learn about solutions. For us, it is still a very new field. In the USA, most farms are 100% computerized. The idea is to exchange experiences," he says.

Also confirmed are Kriss Corso, from Grupo JCN, and Edson Vendrusculo, from O Telhar. The complete schedule and link to the broadcast can be accessed here. Participation is free.

Digital Talks programming

07/04

Digital agriculture in practice: monitoring, applications and crop health
Guest: Kriss Corso, JCN Group
Mediator: Henrique Prado, Strider

09/04

Connected management: the digital revolution has arrived in the field
Guest: Edson Vendruscolo, O Telhar
Mediator: André Savino, Syngenta

14/04

Remote work in the field: is it possible to manage remotely?
Guests: Thomaz Struckel, Brothers Franciosi
Participation: Jeremias do Nascimento, Irmãos Franciosi
Mediator: Gustavo Schaper, Strider

16/04

To be released soon

Guest mini-resume

Kriss Corso

Director of the JCN Group and a graduate in Agronomy, Kriss Corso is also an entrepreneur and owns other companies, such as Perfect Flight -- agritech that offers solutions for aerial spraying on farms -- and Clube Locavore -- e-commerce for horticultural products.

Edson Vendruscolo

Edson Vendruscolo is an Agricultural Engineer and Operations Director at O ​​Telhar. Together with his team, in recent harvests he achieved productivity rates for soybeans, corn and cotton above the average for the state of Mato Grosso.

Thomaz Struckel

Technology, Innovation and Big Data Manager at the Irmãos Franciosi Group, he is responsible for the development, analysis and implementation of technologies in the agro and machinery segments. He has a degree in Marketing, a postgraduate degree in Project Management in Technology and has a 6 Sigma Black Belt certification. He is also a guest professor at IMECC-UNICAMP.