Ceres Imaging, a US-based company with over a decade of experience in the agricultural sector, has been making a significant difference in Chilean agriculture since its arrival in the country in 2021. Specialized in the early detection of irrigation problems through the interpretation and analysis of aerial images, the company has delivered revealing statistics on its impact in recent agricultural seasons in Chile.
According to Sebastian Divin, Customer Success at Ceres Imaging, over the past 12 months, Ceres Latam, which operates in Chile, Peru and Mexico, has provided services to an impressive 61,719 hectares of agricultural land. This adds up to a total of 208,000 hectares flown over in the region.
These flights not only provide a detailed aerial view of the fields, but have also identified 16,445 points of interest or comments indicating potential irrigation problems, covering an area of 15,488 hectares at risk, equivalent to 25% of the surface area flown.
Valentín Maldonado, Customer Success Admin at Ceres, underlines the company’s commitment to local agricultural producers: “At Ceres Imaging, we are dedicated to helping and supporting producers. We meet with them, communicate with them and visit them, identify problems and offer solutions using our specialized tools to monitor and optimize work in the fields.”
Ceres Imaging's team in Chile does not limit itself to providing remote services; they also conduct both theoretical and practical field meetings, the objective of which is to provide producers with on-site information on the operation of tools for detecting common irrigation problems and differentiated irrigation according to soil type.
In this way, Ceres Imaging is playing a vital role in modernizing and optimizing agriculture in Chile, by offering innovative solutions and customized services that help producers meet the challenges of agricultural irrigation with greater effectiveness and efficiency.
