What is a Farmshield and How Does it Work?

Technology has changed all aspects of life; from farming to education. We live in an era of using technology to ease work and do more within a short time. Additionally, produce more not just one time but throughout the seasons. Agricultural technology has become a great way to produce food and raw materials related to farming. Meet the Farmshield! 

Farmshield in an open field 

What is a Farmshield?

The FarmShield™ is the brain of the farm and shields the farm from any adverse conditions. It combines data from our trademarked  FarmSpears, and checks if anything has exceeded the required levels in the farm and if so, takes the necessary action to correct it.

How do you install a Farmshield and where?

A Farmshield can be installed either in a greenhouse or in an open farm. For an open farm, it can monitor crops up to 5 hectares of land. 

We install two stand alone sensors we call the Farmspears into the ground. The Farmspear houses the following sensors and equipment:

1. Soil moisture sensor
2. Soil temperature sensor
3. Air humidity sensor
4. Air temperature sensor
5. Light intensity sensor
6. Water flow meter to monitor irrigation
7. NPK nutrient sensor (Nitrogen, Phosphorous, Potassium)
8. Solar panel and battery

How Does a Farmshield Work?

The installed Farmspears collect data on the state of the greenhouse and sends it to the Farmshield. The Farmshield is the brain of the farm, it takes in the data, interprets it and informs on the necessary actions to take such as:

1. Opening and closing of the irrigation system to let water flow into the farm.
2. Actuating the greenhouse fans to evacuate humidity incase the humidity sensors report high humidity levels
3. Opening and closing of the greenhouse side ventilation if the air temperature sensors reports high temperature levels.
4. Timely alerts on low or high levels of NPK in the soil.
   
   

All the data collected is stored on an inbuilt memory and is sent to the cloud where is it analyzed and displayed on our dashboard. The dashboard displays real time information of your farm and is accessible by our app, web portal or USSD.

Why Install a Farmshield?

Farming isn't an easy job. The plants need constant checking which can be tedious for the farmer. That's why the Farmshield is the to go for technology to monitor your farm from the comfort of your home through your phone or computer. 

A farmer receiving farm data through his phone

~FarmShield connects to FarmCloud for the complete farm management experience~ 

The data sent to the cloud by the FarmShield™ is stored, analysed and displayed on our dashboard which farmers interact with to provide information. The dashboard displays real-time information of your farm to the second and is accessible by our app, web portal or USSD.

The dashboard is a complete turnkey system with tiles on managing your FarmShield™ device, placing orders for farm inputs, ordering trucks to collect your harvests to even raising invoices for payment by your customers. Some of our beta pilot farmers call it; “the complete farming management portal”

How Much Does the Farmshield Cost?

Synnefa has different one-off plans for you to use FarmShield™ software and sensors to monitor your greenhouses & farms 24/7 at the stage you’re in.

How can you reach out to us?

Synnefa prides in helping farmers have an easy time at their farms and greenhouses. Reach out for a consultation. We will be more than happy to work wait you. Click  https://www.synnefa.io/consultation-request