WayBeyond: Grower Problems solved with Digital Agronomy

Growers are facing very uncertain times as the climate is changing and weather patterns become harder to predict while at the same time production costs are increasing. This is when digital agronomy solutions become almost a necessity rather than a luxury.?

Aziz El Kahlaoui is African Blue’s Horticultural Manager, one of the largest producer of blueberries in Morocco. One of his major challenges was the accessibility of climate and plant health data across all nine farms to inform farm management decisions.

African Blue turned to WayBeyond ’s FarmRoad digital agronomy solution as the single platform to continuously monitor and visualise their farms' climate and plant health data. Now, Aziz can make timely decisions without having to travel to every farm.

The problem

• Manual data capture
• Siloed climate and plant health data that required retrieval
• In-person farm visits required to make key decisions
• Lack of visibility on risk of frost
• Managing humidity levels to mitigate the risk of disease

The solution

• FarmRoad Manage, including:
• Sensor network, capturing temperature, humidity, PAR, RAD, barometric pressure and CO2 levels
• Crop registration and scouting
• Crop management software
• Data visualization and analysis
• Activity feed
• Real-time alerts

The outcomes

• Continuous digital data capture
• Access climate and plant health data in real-time across all farms
• Improve crop management decision making remotely
• Anticipate risk of frost
• Limit pest and disease outbreaks

“Today I can see an overview of the farms for myself, instead of making multiple phone calls to multiple farm managers to ask for updates. I’m getting faster, more accurate information and that is saving me time.” Aziz El Kahlaoui

For more information :

Lotte Maxwell Bayly

Source