Agriculture not only suffers the impacts of climate change, it is also responsible for 14 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. Hit by the worst drought in 60 year this year, the Horn of Africa is suffering from famine and hunger. Figures compiled by the Department for International Development (DfID) suggest that between 50,000 and 100,000 people, more than half of them children under five, died in the 2011 Horn of Africa crisis that affected Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya.
Waspmote can be used to monitor different environmental parameters related to agriculture such as temperature, humidity, soil temperature/humidity, weather station, leaf wetness and many other parameters. The monitoring of these parameters allows to minimize time and money as well as maximize agriculture results.
Researchers from Grupo Austen, a Spanish company, have developed a system called ‘Siega System’ that allows to monitor in real-time a bunch of variables in order to create a whole Smart Agriculture system.