Aquadetect is a company that was founded in 2020, with the purpose of providing a service based on a professional team and the highest technology, which seeks to explore groundwater and thereby benefit the agricultural sector.
As a result of the above, they established strategic alliances with various producers in the Maule area and subsequently extended their work throughout the country, establishing a presence from the Coquimbo Region to the Los Lagos Region.
Regarding the main product/service offered by Aquadetect, its commercial manager, Daniel Cabrera, stated that: “Our main service is the evaluation of the underground water potential. This consists of verifying whether there is underground water in a piece of land, the quantity of water there is and the best way to obtain it, that is, how many wells need to be built, their depth and their location.”
However, this is not the only service they offer, as they are incorporating new aspects to their business, such as agricultural mapping based on soil variability, to determine the optimal design of irrigation systems and the location of sensor installation, in addition to irrigation scheduling based on the heterogeneity of the field.
The professional also referred to what Aquadetect offers specifically for cherry producers, stating that: “The main thing is the increase in water availability. Basically, increasing water supply, and the other thing has to do with projecting future investments. It may be that a producer needs to know how much he could grow, so there is an evaluation of a piece of land, which may even be new, and with that he can know how much groundwater it has and based on that, know how much he will be able to irrigate.”
As for the company's advantages, Cabrera highlighted the participation of professionals such as geophysicists and geologists who work in the field of groundwater exploration, as well as the presence of agricultural engineers who contribute knowledge to advise producers on how to optimize water resources.
In turn, Daniel Cabrera had words to refer to the arrival of Aquadetect to the Smartcherry supplier portfolio, arguing that "we chose to enter Smatycherry to connect with the cherry agricultural market, to know the water needs of producers, with the objective of satisfying those needs and of course for those farmers who are thinking of growing their plantations and for this purpose the service of evaluation of the underground water potential and soil mapping is intended, to increase productivity."
Finally, the commercial manager concluded that: “With the presence of Aquadetect within the Smartcherry.cl platform we want to adjust our service to the cherry market.”
