SafeTrack provides an integrated IoT platform that utilizes repurposed smartphones for real-time geolocation, monitoring, and automated irrigation based on soil moisture levels. This solution enables farmers to enhance crop yields while significantly reducing water and energy consumption, achieving cost savings of up to 80% compared to traditional methods.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Traditional farming methods often lack the precision needed to optimize resource utilization, leading to over-consumption of water and energy, and ultimately reducing crop yields and profitability for farmers. Monitoring environmental conditions and managing irrigation manually can be labor-intensive and inefficient.
Solution
SafeTrack provides an integrated hardware and software IoT platform designed to enable precision agriculture and resource optimization. The system leverages repurposed smartphones as IoT devices for real-time geolocation, environmental monitoring (temperature, humidity, wind speed, precipitation, atmospheric pressure), and automated irrigation control based on soil moisture levels. Data collected from the field is transmitted to a cloud platform, providing farmers with a web and mobile interface to manage their farms, monitor conditions, and make data-driven decisions. By automating irrigation and providing real-time insights, SafeTrack helps farmers improve efficiency, reduce waste, and increase crop yields.
Target Audience
The primary target audience includes farmers and agricultural businesses seeking affordable, reliable, and eco-responsible solutions for precision agriculture and resource management.
Features
- Real-time geolocation and environmental monitoring using repurposed smartphones
- Automated irrigation control based on soil moisture levels, configurable via a mobile app
- Web and mobile platform for farm management and data visualization
- Cloud-based data storage and analytics
- Integration of hardware and software components for a complete IoT solution
- Weather data monitoring including temperature, humidity, wind speed, and precipitation
- Manual irrigation mode option