04/08/2021
What is the unique thing about working with AgroXchange as a service provider to the farmers in particular and agro allied space as a whole?
The AgroXchange is a geospatial database of farms and farmers that leverages the market pe*******on of smart devices in Nigeria and the GPS location component of smart phones to facilitate rapid data collection and information dissemination in real-time and near real-time. The main objective of the geospatial database is to reduce the cost of doing business for farmers, aggregators, offtakers, and processors in establishing market linkages. We are bridging the gap of availability of disaggregated farm data, access to markets, commodity trade facilitation and ensuring traceability. AgroXchange is premised on the principle that every farmer is a business entity and demonstrates Orbital Solutions goal to drive insight.
Why use drone in agriculture?
In the terms of use, with our technology that we have deployed, we try to address the critical questions of who is producing what, where are they being produced and how healthy are these products. We try to use technology to answer these critical questions. We try to bring the farmers and the aggregators together. How do we do these? We deploy drones, and these types of drones are multi spectrum drones that use the photosynthesis via infrared technology to monitor the health of the crop. The healthier (greener) crops give out higher infrared via photosynthesis. We use drones to map these farms.
In terms of funding, are you public sector or private sector driven?
As of now, we are strictly a private sector venture, but we are open to talks with the government and also we can engage in public private partnership (PPP) is still open to us. As of today, we are private driven, but we are open to government discussion. We believe that government can create an enabling environment and partner with us. We try to present to the government to use our outcome for the people. We believe