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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description 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.
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spelling CGSpace968112021-03-04T20:34:04Z Cost efficient integration of weather data into agronomic advice Casteren, Jan Willem van 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. 2018-05 2018-08-23T13:30:34Z 2018-08-23T13:30:34Z Magazine Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/96811 en Open Access Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation Casteren, Jan Willem van. 2018. Cost efficient integration of weather data into agronomic advice. ICT Update (87) 8.
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