Investor Presentaiton
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 2020View entire presentation