Add to ORKGAccess to short term weather forecasts is still limited in local communities of Africa. Unlike short term forecasts, seasonal forecasts based on global and regional climate models do not give localized and timely information relevant to farmers’ needs. This paper presents a cost-effective, solar-powered automated weather station as a veritable system for weather forecasting that is relevant to solving agricultural decisions in rural communities. The developed system significantly reduced the cost of obtaining accurate, localized scientific weather information by interfacing various meteorological sensors to microcontrollers. On-site users can access the weather information via the LCD unit on the system while the data is sent to out-of-sit...
Many West African farmers are struggling to cope with changing weather and climatic conditions. This...
Mobile phones are increasingly being used to provide smallholder farmers with agricultural and rela...
Most of the business models for weather services to smallholder farmers in Kenya are financially too...
Access to short term weather forecasts is still limited in local communities of Africa. Unlike short...
Despite global advancements in technology and inter-trade volumes, Sub-Saharan Africa is the only Re...
Two innovative enterprises have integrated a weather service system within an agro advisory service ...
There is a lack of weather and climate observation stations in Africa, while food production, harves...
Most of the rural agricultural and extension officers have no access to the daily variations in met...
In agriculture zone, it is necessary to continuously monitor weather conditions so as to plan future...
This article presents the development of a model center using agricultural intelligent center techno...
Providing climate and weather services to help farmers plan production operations (e.g. select varie...
Smart farming is a new technology concept that uses advanced electronic sensors to collect data from...
Senegal is subjected to climate change and unstable weather conditions of the Sahel zone causing adv...
Farmers do not often use climate and weather information on a regular basis, as the specific influen...
Through SMS, market information has been disseminated to 5,000 smallholder farmers in two districts ...
Many West African farmers are struggling to cope with changing weather and climatic conditions. This...
Mobile phones are increasingly being used to provide smallholder farmers with agricultural and rela...
Most of the business models for weather services to smallholder farmers in Kenya are financially too...
Access to short term weather forecasts is still limited in local communities of Africa. Unlike short...
Despite global advancements in technology and inter-trade volumes, Sub-Saharan Africa is the only Re...
Two innovative enterprises have integrated a weather service system within an agro advisory service ...
There is a lack of weather and climate observation stations in Africa, while food production, harves...
Most of the rural agricultural and extension officers have no access to the daily variations in met...
In agriculture zone, it is necessary to continuously monitor weather conditions so as to plan future...
This article presents the development of a model center using agricultural intelligent center techno...
Providing climate and weather services to help farmers plan production operations (e.g. select varie...
Smart farming is a new technology concept that uses advanced electronic sensors to collect data from...
Senegal is subjected to climate change and unstable weather conditions of the Sahel zone causing adv...
Farmers do not often use climate and weather information on a regular basis, as the specific influen...
Through SMS, market information has been disseminated to 5,000 smallholder farmers in two districts ...
Many West African farmers are struggling to cope with changing weather and climatic conditions. This...
Mobile phones are increasingly being used to provide smallholder farmers with agricultural and rela...
Most of the business models for weather services to smallholder farmers in Kenya are financially too...