At Potato Europe 2009 Mr. Jan Hadders, President of Dacom presented NedaLibya with the first copy of his book ‘Agri Yield Management, The next revolution in agriculture’. In the book Mr. Hadders explains how intelligent sensor systems will contribute to worldwide sustainable growth in agricultural production at less cost and less ecological strain.

This is an absolute must according to the writer, as the agricultural sector faces the challenge of feeding a rapidly growing world population, combined with increasing pressure on our surroundings. In the epilogue Mr. Hadders challenges governments and international food production & processing companies world wide to open the discussion about Agri Yield Management (A-Y-M) implementation, as only an integrated and wide spread approach can make the farming community adapt A-Y-M. The book has been made available on the Dacom website. To download it, click here.

At this years edition of the annual  event Dacom also won third prize in the PotatoEurope 2009 Innovation Award for its product ‘Dacom WaterSave® Sensor System’. This system optimizes production and only advises irrigation when necessary, thus saving the farmer costs and water usage. A qualified jury selected Dacom out of 17 nominees. The selection criteria the jury used were innovativeness, inventiveness and market potential. According to the jury the Dacom WaterSave® Sensor System deserved bronze for its high score on sustainability.