Devices on farms.
WHAT IT MONITORS
Soil moisture and temperature Weather at the field Water flow and tank levels Livestock location and condition Storage conditions for produce
WHAT IT ENABLES
Irrigation matched to actual need Earlier detection of problems Evidence for decisions currently made by judgement
WHY SOIL MOISTURE IS THE COMMON STARTING POINT
Water is costly, and both over and under watering reduce yield.
WHAT MAKES AGRICULTURAL DEPLOYMENT DISTINCTIVE
Large areas with no infrastructure No mains power Equipment exposed to weather, animals and machinery Users who are not technical
WHAT THAT DEMANDS
Long-range low-power connectivity Solar power Robust enclosures Interfaces requiring no training
WHAT TO DELIVER INFORMATION THROUGH
Simple messages, on channels farmers already use.
WHY
A dashboard nobody opens produces nothing.
WHAT MATTERS LOCALLY
Smallholdings rather than large farms, which changes the economics per device Cost sensitivity, which is severe Aggregation across farmers, sharing infrastructure
WHAT COOPERATIVE DEPLOYMENT PROVIDES
Shared gateways and shared cost.
WHAT TO PROVE FIRST
That the information changes what a farmer does, and that the change pays.
