Smart Greenhouse for economic reactivation

Abstract

Horticulture at Los Ríos Region it keeps as subsistence activity with low scale seasonal productions and weak articulation with market. In spite of economic and productive potential of heading, demand is supplied with a majority stake of “imports” from other regions. Added to the above, adverse weather, scarce technology incorporation, inefficient energy use, weaknesses in the business model, prevent adequate resource exploitation. Greenhouse is a tool to avoid several difficulties mentioned, but the model used are brought from central area of Chile, then then don't comply with all conditions for good results. This work describe the introduction of technological package for automate the control of several variables adapted to an specially architectural design for southern conditions and that has as a main constraint a value not higher than CL$ 4.000.000.- For that, the electronic design of control system and his postmaintenance process must be easy and cheap. In this way, a support of great value is provided to improvement of vegetable production to small farmers in the southernsouthern zone of Chile, promoting quality and associativity and, therefore, contributing to the regional economic reactivation.