PROJETO DE APLICATIVO MÓVEL CAPAZ DE FORNECER INFORMAÇÕES PARA O MANEJO DE IRRIGAÇÃO DO CAFÉ CONILON

Abstract

The objective of this work was to develop the system analysis of a Smartphone application capable of providing conilon coffee farmers with reliable information on when and how much to irrigate, thus being possible to perform irrigation management practices with a view to rationalization water and electricity. The work was developed in Santa Teresa, a mountainous region of the state of Espírito Santo, Brazil. In the development of the application, two requirements-gathering techniques were employed: interviewing and document analysis. It was verified in the interview that the farmers are interested and would have ease of use and access to the application. In order to determine the reference evapotranspiration, the Hargreaves-Samani model was proposed in the survey of documents and, later, the system design was created in data flow, with presentation of the phases of the system through diagramming. The importance of controlled irrigation for conilon coffee cultivation was observed. In addition, a context and data flow diagram was created for use in the application in question.