Dr Américo Ferraz Dias Neto | Agricultura Digital | Best Researcher Award
Consultor at Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil
🎓 Education:
- Ph.D. in Agricultural Engineering, FEAGRI-UNICAMP (2021)
- M.Sc. in Agricultural Engineering, FEAGRI-UNICAMP (2000)
- B.Sc. in Agricultural Engineering, FEAGRI-UNICAMP (1997)
🏢 Professional Experience:
- Américo Ferraz Consult (2017–Present): Bioenergy consulting with clients like Novo Milênio Distillery and Grupo Moreno, focusing on sustainable agricultural production and digital agriculture.
- UMOE Bioenergy (2017–2020): COO managing a 42,000-hectare unit for ethanol and energy production.
- Atvos (2007–2016): Agricultural Director, pioneered technologies in remote sensing, precision agriculture, and crop logistics for sugarcane.
🏆 Awards:
- Norman Joseph King Award, ISSCT Congress, Hyderabad, India (2023)
- Outstanding Alumnus Award, UNICAMP (2023)
- “Advancements of agriculture 4.0 in mechanized sugarcane harvesting: a review”
Journal: Ciência Rural
Year: 2024
DOI: 10.1590/0103-8478cr20220562
Contributors: Américo Ferraz Neto, Jenyffer da Silva Gomes Santos, Raffaella Rossetto, João Domingos Biagi, Daniel Albiero - “Use of Vegetation Activity Index for Evaluation of L-Alpha Amino Acid Treatment in Sugarcane”
Journal: Agriculture
Year: 2024
DOI: 10.3390/agriculture14111877
Contributors: Américo Ferraz Dias Neto, Ivan Bazo Bergamim, Flavio Roberto de Freitas Gonçalves, Raffaella Rossetto, Daniel Albiero - “Use of Vegetation Activity Index for Evaluation of L-Alpha Amino Acid Treatment in Sugarcane”
Type: Preprint
Year: 2024
DOI: 10.20944/preprints202409.1603.v1
Contributors: Américo Ferraz Dias Neto, Ivan Bazo Bergamim, Flavio Roberto de Freitas Gonçalves, Raffaella Rossetto, Daniel Albiero - “Strip Soil Tillage and Traffic Over the Soil on Sugar Cane Compared to Conventional Tillage Systems”
Journal: Sugar Tech
Year: 2023
DOI: 10.1007/s12355-023-01267-y
Contributors: Américo Ferraz Dias Neto, Daniel Albiero, Raffaella Rossetto, João D. Biagi, Jenyffer Gomes da Silva - “Modeling of Mechanized Sugarcane Harvesting to Support Decision-Making on Asset Management”
Journal: Sugar Tech
Year: 2022
DOI: 10.1007/s12355-022-01126-2
Contributors: Américo Ferraz Dias Neto, Daniel Albiero, Raffaella Rossetto, João D. Biagi
Américo Ferraz Dias Neto | Agricultura Digital | Best Researcher Award