Using mobile devices and a questionnaire, 6th Grain engages with farmers in the field to collect specific data on the management of their farm to gain a better understanding of their current situation.
The information collected is used to build a digital Farm Registration. The registry is a powerful interactive online visualization tool that will allow for a flexible and focused presentation of the data to the project stakeholders.
The farmer data is combined with satellite and weather information, agriculture crop models, and a geographical information analysis tool to provide specific agricultural analysis that can assist in policy and extension of improved agricultural technologies.
6th Grain’s Farm Registration collection system contains a robust, rapid and automated way to upload and post ground data to the web, in a password-protected platform. To maximize the collected data’s usability, an executive data analytics platform is available.
Mobile phones are used to collect survey data in Microsoft Excel format
FieldFocus Light, 6th Grain’s smallholder smartphone record-keeping app digitizes farmer fields and maintains records to measure farm profitability
Disease beacon, 6th Grain’s mobile phone scouting app for agronomists to gather pest and disease incidence
Mobile phones are used to collect survey data in Microsoft Excel format
FieldFocus Light, 6th Grain’s smallholder smartphone record-keeping app digitizes farmer fields and maintains records to measure farm profitability
Disease beacon, 6th Grain’s mobile phone scouting app for agronomists to gather pest and disease incidence