Cost efficient integration of weather data into agronomic advice

Two innovative enterprises have integrated a weather service system within an agro advisory service for farmers in East Africa. The eProd handheld device collects the GPS locations and agronomic information such as soil type, seed variety and planting date. aWhere combines this information with thei...

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Autor principal: Casteren, Jan Willem van
Formato: Magazine Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation 2018
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/96811
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Sumario:Two innovative enterprises have integrated a weather service system within an agro advisory service for farmers in East Africa. The eProd handheld device collects the GPS locations and agronomic information such as soil type, seed variety and planting date. aWhere combines this information with their weather data so farmers can now be sent SMS weather forecasts, spray alerts, fertiliser advice and yield projections.