आईसीटी समाचार
PlantSat is a free platform to empower demographics by considerably increasing their yield and financial returns. They use free satellite data, integrate it with climatic and weather data to provide real time analytics to the global farmers in the form of colored maps that are simple and easy to understand. These technologies will help the farmers recover from the crisis in the immediate aftermath by maximizing the farm profitability while ensuring the resilience of the system in the face of any global crises that may emerge in the future.
They believe that their idea will also have a spillover effect for farmers, which in the long run will increase their digital inclusivity. PlantSat offers 5 key features to the farmers, researchers and extension officers using colored maps that are simple and easy to understand. The features include: Crop Performance Monitoring: Farmers can track their crop performance through this feature by constant monitoring of the crop through satellite imagery. Nitrogen Fertilizer Efficiency.
It provides the farmers with guidance for optimum nitrogen-based fertilizer application for top dressing crops, based on the canopy nitrogen content. Water use efficiency: We calculate crop moisture content from satellite imagery every 3- 5 day thereby helping the farmers manage water resources in a more sustainable way, especially in areas where water is a scarce resource Offline functionality and GPS routing:
They provide offline functionality to make sure users can avail the service even in remote places with sparse or no internet connectivity. Talk to Experts: After reaching the problem areas in the field by clicking a very closeup picture of that specific crop user can send it to the app owner where they will get back to you with crop specific recommendations and best management practice by agricultural experts within 24 hours.
To Vote PlantSat via eSewa and SMS platforms! Please follow the following steps: eSewa voting steps:
1. Download eSewa app from the play store or app store.
2. Open eSewa app.
3. Click on the ICT Award tab and select a category then vote for your favorite team.
SMS voting steps: Category A (CA): Type ICT (space) CA (space) 204 and send to 33001
Public Choice (PC): Type ICT (space) PC (space) 32 and send to 33001
