Sundaymail Editor
Online Reporter
PUBLIC telecommunications company TelOne has launched a system that allows farmers to remotely monitor their fields.
The system – the TelOne Crop Monitoring – was launched on Thursday at the Zimbabwe Agricultural Show.
Describing the system, TelOne managing director, Mrs Chipo Mtasa, said it was designed to help farmers who are engaged elsewhere, so that they can keep tabs with developments at their farms.
“With TelOne Crop Monitoring, one simply needs to map in their field through inputting coordinates onto the platform.
“Thereafter, the platform will start analysing the farm’s conditions, producing data on variables like field monitoring, weather data, crop classification and yield prediction to be used in decision making” said Mrs Mtasa.
Farmers will need to subscribe to enjoy the service, which was jointly designed through a partnership with Earth Observing Systems (EOS Data Analytics) and Cloud Services International.
“All these efforts are leading to the launch of the Smart Agriculture blueprint in November 2022,” she said.
“Our objective is to fit into the national strategic trajectory. This platform will entail robust scientific and data-driven methods to ensure maximum productivity and profitability per hectare, and also improve national agriculture input.”
Bongani Ndlovu
Online Reporter