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Companies using Technology to transform Agribusiness. • . . Microsoft's Farmbeat Farmbeat is a product of Microsoft and was launched in Kenya and South Africa in 2019 Using data, coupled with the farmer's knowledge and intuition about his or her farm, Farmbeat intends to boost farm productivity, and help reduce costs. Farmbeat's goal is to increase world food production by leveraging unique solutions to solve agricultural problems using low-cost sensors, drones, vision and machine learning algorithms. Essentially, it tracks soil temperature and moisture levels with the use of solar-based cloud computing models, taking the guess- work out of farming. Aerobotics, South Africa Aerobotics is a South African agri-tech company which protects tree crops through early detection of problems on farms. It does this by using aerial imagery and machine learning algorithms to help farmers identify pests and diseases early. Essentially, Aerobotics end-to-end solution ranges from pest and disease management, yield management, problem tree identification, orchard management etc. Disease detection is aided by flying of drones and artificial intelligence. Unlocking productivity across Nigeria's agribusiness value-chain PwC February 2020
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