The Kenya Agricultural and Research Organization (KALRO) is revolutionizing farming through new technologies to boost farmers' produce.
The Organization, via its nationwide agricultural centers, held a one-week exercise to educate farmers on the new innovations ahead of the planting season.
Farmers engaged with stakeholders to learn about Smart technologies and adaptation methods for value addition and climate mitigation.
One such facility is the Muguga Genetic Resources Research Institute, in Kiambu County and it is here that we meet the Director for Seed propagation, Mr. Vincent Ochieng, who took us through the Smart greenhouse system.
"The greenhouse system is controlled by the Internet of things technology (IoTs)," Ochieng noted. Adding 70 percent of the operations in the greenhouse can be done by mobile phone.
It is an interconnected system with sensors such as a moisture sensor to monitor the soil quality, a humidity sensor to monitor the humidity of the plants and a smart irrigation sensor to pump water to the greenhouse.
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