For the second year, the Dropcontrol application – from the Chilean agtech Wiseconn – was considered among the four most prominent applications for agriculture for this year 2024, according to the ranking prepared annually by the prominent North American magazine Croplife.
In this way, the local firm repeats the milestone achieved at the beginning of 2022. In this year's edition, Dropcontrol was included in a list of more than 30 applications designed for the agricultural world (which do not only include irrigation), being the only Latin American one within this group. The selection was made based on research and evaluation of new or recently updated agricultural applications available for Android, iPhone or iPad.
According to the survey, Wiseconn's platform stands out because it allows to know the exact condition of the fields, "monitor the climatic and soil moisture conditions, and control the irrigation/fertigation system efficiently." It adds that with the application the field can be managed "through the cloud or through a Bluetooth connection directly in the area." For Croplife, the analysis of historical and real-time data on soil moisture and water use helps to make profitable decisions for irrigation, "and, at the same time, improve yields."
According to Guillermo Valenzuela, president of Wiseconn USA, this new distinction “underscores and revalidates the positioning of what we are doing with the platform. It is a validation of the development that has been managed.”
He adds that this recognition points to “Dropcontrol’s user-friendliness for making complex decisions for comprehensive water management.” In this sense, he emphasizes that the goal is to continue growing “as an easy and simple system for farmers, entrepreneurs and investors. The important thing is to give sophistication to the platform without making it complex.”
For its part, it emphasizes that this has allowed it to have installed nearly 20,000 nodes globally and 7,000 in the United States. It also reinforces the firm's commitment to continue constantly innovating with new improvements to the platform, which will help agriculture better manage the current drought caused by climate change.
