DATA SOLUTIONS
ENABLING A DATA RICH ENVIRONMENT FOR AGRICULTURAL TRANSFORMATION
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DATA SOLUTIONS
The CAT is building one of Malawi’s largest smallholder agricultural data repository housed on the GEMs Federated Platform to transform the agricultural landscape by offering current, complete, replicable data sets focused on soil, water, weather and the market.
- CAT is building a data collection/analysis system
- Moves Malawi from fragmented ag-data landscape to one that is local, current, replicable and reliable.
- Bring new agribusiness to farmers and farmers to new markets.
Drone technology which is used for capturing agronomic data at the CAT Smart Farms and other partner sites
Ground sensor which is used to record agrometrological data at the CAT Smart Farms and other partner sites.
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80 Pilot weather stations
80 pilot weather stations with sensors are currently being deployed across Malawi through partners.
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Market Segmentation & Market Access Tools
Market Segmentation & Market Access Tools are under beta testing, facilitating spatial market insights for agribusinesses’ investment
Maize demo plot