Technological adaptation in rice crops to increase productivity under the SRI intensive crop system on the la pedregosa farm in the municipality of Aguazul - Casanare

The research proposal focuses on designing a software tool to evaluate the performance of rice grain and seedling characteristics during the germination process in rice crops using plant transplantation techniques. The study is conducted in a 52-hectare rice field at La Pedregosa farm in the municipality of Aguazul, Casanare. Twenty samples are taken from delimited areas measuring 2m x 2m to compare the traditionally sown plot with the plot sown using plant transplantation. The collected sampling data is processed using data science techniques and image processing to analyze the milling characteristics of the harvested products and evaluate the performance of rice crops employing mechanized rice transplanting. The results are compared with data provided by the statistical image analyzer S21, which includes information on grain whiteness, breakage index, chalky grain percentage, and chalky area percentage. The proposal aims to generate a research document to inform the scientific community about the development of this planting process in Colombia, specifically in Casanare, and to establish the benefits it brings to the region, soil quality, the quality of the obtained product, economic investment in cultivation, and the preservation of resources involved in rice farming.