The Future Tech Frontiers

In 2013-2015, goverment through the ministry of agriculture, devolution as well as National Irrigation Board (NIB) came up with an agressive plan to enhance Kenya's food security through the Galana Kulalu flagship project. The whole idea was to reclaim over 50,000 acres of land that was within the arid and semi arid region through irrigation and used to produce maize and other crops enough to supplement the nations food production. The project was a guaranteed key to food security. So apparently, the government came up with a plan, infact an awesome plan. The plan was to contract experts with experience and first hand experience at converting 'deserts' to 'vine yards'. We all know that no one is better at this than the Israeli.  So an Israeli company called Green Arava was contracted for the task. FYI the said company have done several other similar projects in various parts of the world with 100% success rate. However, the company was supposed to operat...

The invention and adoption of precision agriculture has been evolving with advancements in the concepts and the technology. Recently while addressing a forum on Precision Agriculture and its emerging trends, i happened to mention the Word ISOBUS and it caused a buzz and a debate. Electronic systems are currently the key driver of innovation in agricultural technology. However, progress is slowed by the lack of compatibility between proprietary solutions developed by different manufacturers, which often do not interact with systems from other manufacturers. When the industry first started, some companies made products that would only communicate to other products made by the same company. The lack of compatibility between machinery from different manufacturers leading to frustration among users/farmers. Today, all modern Precision Agriculture and agricultural machinery manufacturers are making inroads towards this common goal of compatibility.  ISOBUS is the ...