Farm data collection and analysis has been helping
farmers in developed countries to manage their farm operations better. The more
information they have, the more they can make decisions tailored to their
farm’s specific needs. The information obtained can help farmers
identify efficiencies that lead to higher productivity and profitability, lower
input costs, and optimized fertilizer use.
To help farmers in Nigeria with data collection and
analysis, a Nigerian company, First
Atlantic Semiconductors & Microelectronics has introduced 3 products, ZENVUS Smartfarm and ZENVUS Yield and ZENVUS web app. While the ZENVUS
Smartfarm can help farmers eliminate guesswork in farming by knowing when, how
and what to plant. The ZENVUS Yield enables farmers to be ahead of outbreaks of
diseases, pests etc thereby making farming a real business.
The overriding goal of the 3 products is to make
farming data-driven and transform farmers into business people who use data to
allocate resources, improve yield, reduce waste and accelerate productivity in
every aspect of the farming operations.
ZENVUS Smartfarm
ZENVUS Smartfarm is an intelligent electronics sensor
which when inserted in a farm soil collects pertinent data like humidity,
temperature, pH, moisture, nutrients etc and wirelessly transmits the data to a
cloud server where advanced computational models help to make sense of what is
happening in the farm. Powered with solar with battery capacity
that can last for days, a farmer interacts with the hardware data via free Zenvus Web App which
is both desktop- and mobile-friendly.
It has in-built GPS and compass to help validate and
authenticate the locations of farms making them utilize other ZENVUS services.
The product works with GSM,
WIFI and satellite. Because of the
global coverage of satelites, farmers can insert the product in any corner of
their farms. There is also a micro SD card to manually download the data without
spending on mobile data.
ZENVUS Yield
The ZENVUS Yield is a special hyper-spectral imaging
camera that works with Zenvus Web App to provide farmers actionable information
for their farming businesses. It has a camera to examine farm vegetation to
detect crop disease, pest, drought, stress etc.
It collects all the images and
farmers will be able to view those images on the web app. By analyzing the
images, stressed crops, droughts, outbreaks of pests and diseases etc can be
seen and managed. With ZENVUS Yield and Smartfarm working together, farmers can
evaluate the effectiveness of irrigation and fertilizer application by
correlating soil data with overall vegetative crop health. The Yield comes in
two versions:
( Yield
Fly: Optimized to work with UAV or drones for medium and large farms.
Yield
Sky: Designed for small scale farmers to mount on sticks and walk around the
farm.
ZENVUS Web App
Data from Smartfarm
and Yield which are collected from farms and transmitted to the web app where
computational models help make sense of them. The web app also has other
features.
Interested farmers should contact First Atlantic Semiconductors & Microelectronics at Zenvus
Division, FASMICRO, 124A Okigwe Rd, Owerri, Imo State, NIGERIA. Phone number: +234
8107 116 861. Email: zenvus@fasmicro.com
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