Precision Agriculture
Empowering farmers with a suite of hardware and software technology solutions to support their farming process, help make business decisions & improve sustainability. The solutions will be linked to a central dashboard for each farmers, that feeds important food security data to MME & other govt stakeholders
Key Benefits
Increase agricultural output
by providing farmers intelligent tools that help them ensure the produce has optimal growing conditions
Reduce manual labour effort & operational costs
through automation and savings in utility consumption
Support govt. contingency planning
with consolidated data on field usage & crop planning on a national level
Related Personas
Age
42
Country
About Khalid
Khalid produces tomatoes, potatoes, cucumbers & eggplant. 17% of vegetables consumed in Qatar are sourced locally and he thinks that the local market size will be on the rise in the near future. Soil in Qatar may not be very fertile, and the water quality is not always great, but as agricultural technologies keep improving, there is no reason for Khalid’s business not to grow.
Age
42
Status
Country
About Khalid
Khalid produces tomatoes, potatoes, cucumbers & eggplant. 17% of vegetables consumed in Qatar are sourced locally and he thinks that the local market size will be on the rise in the near future. Soil in Qatar may not be very fertile, and the water quality is not always great, but as agricultural technologies keep improving, there is no reason for Khalid’s business not to grow.
User Journey
Potential Service Features
- •Automated data upload
- •Manual processes automation
- •Agribusiness decision support
- •National Visibility of Production
Implementation Analysis
IMPLEMENTATION TIMELINE
TECHNOLOGY COMMERCIAL VIABILITY
REGULATORY CONDUCIVENESS
INVESTMENT REQUIREMENTS
Key Implementation Considerations
Vendor Selection Due diligence to identify ones with high competence in UI/UX, sensor & automated aggrotech, big data analytics, & agribusiness analytics
Discovery Phase Research phase to identify existing APIs that can be built on, local farming practices & tech, and enablers for use case development
Development Collaborative process with farmers & MME to roll out hardware & software to farmers and a central platform for MME for national monitoring
Testing & Monitoring Hardware maintenance & UX testing to optimize app layout for farmers’ ease, and dashboard features as per MME’s feedback
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