Posts on the Topic "crop farming"
Mrittikā: a soil nutrient analysis and recommendation software
30/08/2017
mrittikā is a soil nutrient analysis and recommendation software. It works thanks the collaboration of agricultural entrepreneurs and farmers: the entrepreneurs offer soil testing services to the farmers, then analyse the results and finally recommend the best possible fertilizers to the farmers...
SatSure uses big data analytics and satellite imagery to help farmers in the agricultural insurance sector
11/08/2017
SatSure is a data analytics company which integrates satellite, weather, and IoT analytics with the agriculture sector in order to help farmer's financial security and crop insurance. India is facing severe consequences due to climate change, such as droughts and floods. In the agricultural sector...28/ 08
2017
MITRA (Mobile Interventions and Technologies for Rural Areas) app provides advice on fertilizer needs and doses
01/08/2017
Mitra, which stands for Mobile Interventions and Technologies for Rural Areas, is an app providing advice on fertilizer needs and doses for farmers. The app is designed both for farmers and extension workers to advocate site-specific recommendations to farmers on fertilizer dose. Mitra is available...
Collect Earth: Land Use and Land Cover Assessment through Augmented Visual Interpretation
31/07/2017
Collect Earth is a free and open source software for land monitoring developed by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The software is part of the set of tools called Open Foris, and was developed with Google Earth, Bing Maps and Google Earth Engine. Collect Earth is...
mFarmer: Connecting smallholder farmers to practical data for improved livelihoods
26/07/2017
mFarmer is an app developed by EcoHub that aims to provide free information such as access to market information, training and education to improve their productivity and yields and mobile money in order to enable farmers to be part of the formal financial system. mFarmer provides farmers with...
Digital Green provides agricultural information through locally produced videos
25/07/2017
Digital Green is a non-profit development organization that disseminates agricultural information to rural communities using digital video. The platform partners with local actors (public and private sector as well as civil society organizations) to share knowledge on agricultural practices...
Farm Fresh Gambia: Marketing local products through an e-commerce platform
24/07/2017
Farm Fresh is a Gambian social entreprise that helps market smallholder farmers’ local products through an e-commerce platform. It was established in 2014 and is the first online food store and delivery service in Gambia. The platform markets and sells online fresh and locally grown vegetables...22/ 11
2017