How it works

Sense. Decide. Act. Every day, without you standing there.

Small solar devices measure what is actually happening. The platform works out what it means. Valves, fans and alerts act on it — and every step is recorded.

How SmartFarmer worksField sensors report through a 4G farm gateway to the SmartFarmer platform, which sends alerts and advice to your phone and commands to valves, fans and dosing.SENSESoil moisture & tempNPK · pH · ECWeather mastGreenhouse climateTanks & troughsCameras & dronesFarm gatewayWi-Fi to field nodes4G to the internetSmartFarmerplatformHistory · rules · alertsAI crop & yield adviceArea map sharingDECIDE & ACTPhone alertsZone valvesFans & ventsFertigation dosingSpray plansReports & records
Sensors sleep between readings on solar power; controllers keep their schedule locally, so watering and venting continue through a network outage.

Under the bonnet

Built for sun, dust and patchy signal

Sensing. Field probes wake, read, report and sleep — every 30 minutes by day, every two hours at night — so a small panel runs them indefinitely. Greenhouse sensors are wired and report continuously.

Connecting. A mast or farm gateway raises a Wi-Fi network and routes it to the internet over 4G — one SIM for the whole farm. A node out of range relays through a neighbour. Readings are stored and sent when the link returns.

Recovering. Every device runs a watchdog: if a network call hangs on a half-dead connection, it restarts itself instead of sitting silent until someone visits. Firmware is updated remotely.

Acting. Controllers hold their schedules locally, so irrigation and venting carry on through an outage. Valves are normally closed and fail shut; a valve that loses contact for ten minutes closes itself.

Deciding. The platform keeps every reading, applies your rules, sends alerts and runs AI analysis that explains itself with your own numbers.

Working with us

Five steps, one team

  1. 1

    We visit

    We walk the farm with you and understand what you grow or keep, and what is going wrong. No cost, no commitment.

  2. 2

    We propose

    A specific plan — what goes where, how many, and what it costs. No generic package. Buy outright, lease or PAYGo.

  3. 3

    We install

    We fit and calibrate everything, and confirm each device is reporting before we leave.

  4. 4

    We train you

    We sit with your team until reading the dashboard is second nature.

  5. 5

    We stay

    We monitor the equipment remotely and come out when something needs a hand.

Start with a walk around your farm.

The first conversation is a site visit: we walk the farm with you and understand what you grow or keep and what is going wrong. No cost, no commitment. Buy outright, lease, or pay as you go by M-Pesa.