Brazil's Cerrado Mineiro region has emerged as a hub for sustainable coffee production, leveraging technology to improve quality, increase exports, and diversify the market. The Cerrado Coffee Growers' Cooperative (Expocacer) is at the forefront of this revolution, launching an industrial production line for specialty coffee classification, which uses 100% automated machinery with artificial intelligence sensors for predictive maintenance. This innovative approach has led to a 20% reduction in maintenance costs and a 10% increase in machinery availability. Expocacer is also integrating Industry 4.0 technologies, such as IoT and cloud computing, to promote decentralization of human action in production processes, increasing productivity and efficiency. Furthermore, coffee growers in the region are using smart irrigation, machine learning algorithms, and other technologies to optimize water use, ensuring sustainable and transparent production practices that meet consumer demands.
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