Using Mobile Phones to Irrigate Crops

Juli 14, 2008 | Email This Post Email This Post | Print This Post Print This Post

Farmers in South Africa are using cellphone-based technology to help decide when to irrigate crops. Indications are that the mobile-based initiative can reduce farmers’ irrigation costs by approximately €200/ha. The system, called My Canesim, uses automatic weather stations, the Internet and cellular technology to produce information about when to irrigate. Extrapolating information from real-time environmental data, My Canesim estimates the recent, current and future water balance, as well as the crop status and projected yield of a given plot. It then automatically generates and distributes simple irrigation advice by SMS to farmers’ mobile phones.

via Nubian

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About the author: Jonathan Gosier is a software developer, writer and social entrepreneur. He currently lives in Kampala, Uganda where he incubates and invests in East African entrepreneurs as the CEO of Appfrica Labs. He's also a TED Fellow.
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