Overview
Ahuacatl is a mobile app created to help identify and map phytosanitary problems in avocado crops through a practical field-ready workflow supported by geospatial and statistical models.
Mobile
Ahuacatl
Mobile application for determining the spatial distribution of phytosanitary issues in avocado crops, developed alongside agronomy domain expertise and backed by a published INIFAP research article.
Category
Mobile
Featured
Yes
Tech Stack
- Mobile App Development
- Android
- iOS
- Geolocation
- Applied Algorithms
Problem
Avocado producers face pests and diseases that affect commercialization, while indiscriminate chemical use increases environmental impact, production costs, and pesticide residues. A more structured field tool was needed to analyze spatial distribution and support better decisions.
Solution
Built a mobile application that integrates field data capture, geolocation, and the mathematical models required to generate semivariogram adjustments and ordinary kriging-based density maps for phytosanitary issues in avocado cultivation.
My Role
Led the full technical development of the app, including mobile implementation and the application-side integration of the algorithmic and data-processing workflow, while collaborating with an agronomy engineer on the theoretical domain basis and algorithm design.
Architecture
Designed as a mobile-first field application capable of running on Android and iOS, with support for offline geolocation usage and an implementation aligned to the Rational Unified Process described in the published research.
Impact
Resulted in a production-oriented agricultural mobile tool and a peer-reviewed publication in the Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Agrícolas from INIFAP, where Jovanny Ramírez-Chimal is listed as co-author.
Visuals
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Mobile workflow for collecting and processing phytosanitary field information.
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Metrics
- Users: Agricultural and technical field use
- Published research article in Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Agrícolas (INIFAP)
- Built to support spatial analysis of phytosanitary issues in avocado crops
Links
Ahuacatl is one of the strongest examples of combining software delivery with applied domain collaboration.
The project sits at the intersection of mobile product engineering, algorithmic implementation, and research-backed agricultural use cases, making it especially valuable in the portfolio because it shows technical execution in a non-generic, real-world context.