21 de julho de 2023
3.2 thousand visitors and US$ 25 milion in business at the Brazilian AgAv Congress
Closing ceremony, on Thursday afternoon (the 20th), also had the award of the winning researches of the Scientific Congress of Agricultural Aviation
Sertãozinho (SP) – Around 3,200 visitors and a volume of transactions that could reach 120 million reais (US$ 25.2 million), between closed deals and negotiations started in three days of programming. This was the outcome of the Brazilian Agricultural Aviation Congress (AgAv Congress), which brought together businessmen, pilots, suppliers, researchers and other professionals in Sertãozinho, in the São Paulo State. The 2023 edition of one of the largest agaviation meetings in the world ended on Thursday (the 20th), with three days of programming also marked by the massive presence of drones (in addition to turboprop aircraft and historic planes) and the generation and sharing of knowledge – with a record of research presented and the launch of two books on good agaviation practices.
The CEO of the National Union of Agricultural Aviation Companies (SINDAG, which organizes the event), Gabriel Colle, also celebrates the representativeness of the public. “We had the presence of people from virtually all Brazilian states, in addition to visitors and exhibitors from several countries, such as the United States, Canada, Argentina, Colombia and Bolivia. From the point of view of SINDAG and IBRAVAG (Brazilian Institute of Agricultural Aviation, which supports the event), more than 60% of the associates visited the Brazilian AgAv Congress. People from all parts of Brazil, so this number is very significant”, he says.
See the images of the AvAg 2023 Congress at:
The event also featured demonstrations with drones flying alone or simultaneously, before and after agricultural aircraft flights simulating applications in crops and firefighting. In the exhibition of technologies, equipment and services, more than 180 brands shared the space in the exhibition pavilion of the Zanini Events Center. The 12 thousand square meter building also housed the multipurpose arena and two more auditoriums, as well as a meeting room, press center and other services. In addition to the exhibition of historic planes (which welcomed visitors who entered the pavilions) and the external display of agricultural planes.
DEMONSTRATIONS: aircraft once again put on a show in the static display and in the operations simulations (photos Castor Becker Jr/C5 NewsPress)…
… while drones were also highlighted, with the right to simultaneous flights of remote equipment
For the SINDAG’S CEO, the edition’s great legacy is a transition to the future. The academic research presented by students and scientists who participated in the AgAv Scientific Congress (within the AgAv Congress program) demonstrates this point of view. “The knowledge forms a strong base and generates good practices for the field”. For this reason, this year the Brazilian agricultural aviation meeting also saw the launch of two manuals on agricultural aviation: one on documentation, legislation and operations and the other on good practices. Both show the state of the art of the Brazilian agaviation sector and what society expects from us”, says Colle.
WINNING RESEARCHES
The closing ceremony of the AgAv Congress also had the announcement of the results of the AgAv Scientific Congress. The research that won 1st place this year was “Use of remotely piloted aircraft for the application of phytosanitary products in the coffee crop“. Authorship is by researchers João Paulo Arantes Rodrigues da Cunha, Artur Rodrigues Junqueira and Luana de Lima Lopes, from the Federal University of Uberlândia (Ufu), who shared the R$ 3,000 prize.
The work “Quality of spraying using a remotely piloted aircraft in citrus cultivation”, by Thales Gomes dos Santos, João Guilherme Pereira Nunes and Professor Edney Leandro da Vitória – from the Federal University of Espírito Santo (Ufes), took second place and won R$ 2,000.
Third place, worth BRL 1,000, was “Assessment of operating costs of agricultural aircraft, agricultural drones and land sprayers in the Brazilian context”, by Jonathan Andres Garcia Montaña, Edinalvo Rabaioli Camargo, Viviane Gonçalves Burkert and Eugênio Passos Schröder – from the Federal University of Pelotas (UFP) and Schroder Consultoria Agro.
The Honorable Mention – Innovation Highlight went to the research “Control of phoma stain in applications using remotely piloted aircraft in Coffea arabica”, by Professor Edney Leandro da Vitória (Ufes) and César Abel Krohling – (Capixaba Institute of Research, Technical Assistance and Rural Extension-INCAPER).
CLOSURE
During the official closing ceremony of the Brazilian AgAv Congress, SINDAG’s president Hoana Almeida Santos especially praised the technical gain and knowledge shared in this year’s program in Sertãozinho. She also thanked the great participation of agavation entrepreneurs, in addition to all the pilots, technicians, agronomists, researchers and government authorities who participated in the program, were in the debates or even shared their knowledge and experiences in the lectures in the three days of the program.
Hoana reinforced the importance of the work of the scientists who presented the 12 works enrolled in the Scientific Congress, the specialists who launched their new agaviation technical manuals and the almost 200 brands that showed innovations in services, technologies and products throughout the event. She also thanked the sponsors* of the event and highlighted the work of the Sindag and Ibravag teams for the success of the event and its importance also for showing to society at large the level of safety and technology in the sector.
The closing ceremony also counted with the participation of the Secretary for Economic Development of Sertãozinho, Henrique Gomes, and with the director of New Business at CSA – Centro de Serviços Aeronáuticos (a Silver sponsor of the event), Luciano Cruz.
The director did not announce the location of the next edition of the event, although she also did not rule out the permanence of the AgAv Congress in Sertãozinho (there have already been three editions in the city). Remembering that next year the Congress will cover Mercosur – according to the relay agreement between Sindag and the aero-agricultural entities of Argentina and Uruguay.
(*) The AvAg 2023 Congress had Silver Sponsorship from Air TRactor, CSA and Confea/Crea, in addition to Bronze sponsorship from Pratt & Whitney Canada, EAVision Brasil, Agridrones Solutions (DJI Agriculture/ADS). With the list of sponsors also including Avanti, Basf, BR Aviation, Cooxupé, DGPS & Cia, Fribon Aviation, NovaAsa Digital Marketing for Aviation, Perfect Flight, Transland, Travicar Tecnologia Agrícola, Turbine Conversions and UP Insurance.
Check out the repercussion of the AgAv Congress in the media:
Band TV – Agro+ – Rodrigo Faria interview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85tpp4kF0ug
BandNews Agro (in 48”)
Band TV – Terra Viva (in 1’20”)
Band TV – 1º Jornal (national) – in 3’14”
Band TV – Jornal da Noite (national)
https://youtu.be/HqbeYsWUZaA?list=PLbdi7VShIWekVP4XSEod2SwyfoQJriJqk&t=2279
Band Radio (national) – in 2’01”
In EPTV (local Globo TV):
https://globoplay.globo.com/v/11793790/
https://globoplay.globo.com/v/11794397/
https://globoplay.globo.com/v/11794457/
https://globoplay.globo.com/v/11801038/?s=0s
Globo News (national) :
https://sindag.org.br/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Globo-News-Em-Ponto-18jul23.mp4
Globo Rural (national)
in 2’44”:
Aeroin website:
AeroJota website:
AeroMagazine:
https://aeromagazine.uol.com.br/artigo/congresso-de-aviacao-agricola-movimentou-r-120-milhoes.html
AgFeed:
https://agfeed.com.br/negocios/a-aviacao-agricola-decola-mas-o-piloto-sumiu/
AgroAgenda:
https://agroagenda.agr.br/event/congresso-da-aviacao-agricola-do-brasil/
AgroFy News:
Agrolink:
https://www.agrolink.com.br/noticias/congresso-avag-fecha-com-3-2-mil-visitantes_481648.html
Agro.MT website:
https://agro.mt/congresso-avag-fecha-com-32-mil-visitantes/
National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC):
Flap Internacional Magazine:
Canal da Cana website:
https://canaldacana.com.br/post-single.php?idnoticia=8746
National Center of Industries of the Sugar-Energy and Biofuels Sector (CEISE Br):
http://www.ceisebr.com/conteudo/ceise-br-participa-de-congresso-de-aviacao-em-sertaozinho.html
Agora Sertãozinho Journal
Jornal da Cana website:
https://jornalcana.com.br/produtores-de-cana-investem-em-tecnologia-aerea/
Jornal da Manhã Marília (Marília city journal):
Jornal do Agro Online:
O Pinga Fogo – Sertãozinho (Sertãozinhho’s journal):
Página Dr Wilsinho – website of Sertãozinho’s mayor:
https://drwilsinho.com.br/sertaozinho-recebe-congresso-de-aviacao-agricola/
Portal Radar website:
https://portalradar.com.br/congresso-da-aviacao-agricola-realiza-sua-quinta-edicao-em-sertaozinho/
Sertãozinho’s city hall website
CBN Radio Ribeirão Preto
Sertãozinho community radio (in 1’33”)
Metrópole Radio – Cuiabá (Mato Grosso’s capital):
Cultivar Magazine:
Piloto Ribeirão Magazine
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Espírito Santo Federal University:
Vibra Energia