Digitization of smallholder farms

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SmartAgrIoT is an agriculture technology firm that focuses on helping smallholder and subsistence farmers in South Africa through farm digitization and management technologies. They aim to provide farmers access to technologies, markets, resources, and financing to aid in their recovery from the economic impacts of COVID19. The company understands the challenges smallholder farmers face in being disconnected from markets due to lack of organization, experience, and location. Their services specifically target benefiting these types of farmers through artificial intelligence technologies and an ecommerce platform to help connect farmers to markets and overcome historical imbalances around land ownership and access to economic opportunities in South African agriculture.

2020/2021
Post COVID19
FARMERS RECOVERY
There are many neglected smallholder
farmers in South Africa that require
ACCESS to Technologies, foreign markets,
Agri Resources, financing.
SmartAgriot
21 Aurora Drive, 1st Floor Umhlanga Rocks, Durban South Africa
ceo@smartagriot.co.za , +27 67 123 6845
Farm Digitization

Who is SmartAgrIoT?
An Agriculture Technology firm focusing on artificial
intelligence –based technologies, farm management and an
Agriculture ecommerce platform for market access.
We understand the smallholder farmer challenges before
and during COVID19 and the fight for inclusion along the
value chain.
Our services strictly are targeted to benefit smallholder,
small commercial, household and subsistence farmers.

We are a Farm Digitization And Farm management Company
Harnessing the technology to revolutionize farming

Economic Challenges in SA
One of the key changes in agriculture has been the deregulation of
agricultural markets. However, the opening of markets has not meant that those
disconnected from markets are now connected.
The well established marketing systems within South African agriculture are
well entrenched and still dominated by the white farming community who have
the advantage of location, history and experience.
The black farming community is generally more remote from markets, has less
volume to sell, is less organised, less skilled and less experienced in agricultural
business management.
Thus, primary agricultural production is hemmed in by limitations of land and
climate, and by historical imbalances of land distribution and ownership leading
to inequitable access to agricultural markets and other economic factors.

THANK YOU
SmartAgrIoT.co.za
Watch our next video series
On our youtube channel

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Digitization of smallholder farms

1. 2020/2021 Post COVID19 FARMERS RECOVERY There are many neglected smallholder farmers in South Africa that require ACCESS to Technologies, foreign markets, Agri Resources, financing. SmartAgriot 21 Aurora Drive, 1st Floor Umhlanga Rocks, Durban South Africa ceo@smartagriot.co.za , +27 67 123 6845 Farm Digitization

2. Who is SmartAgrIoT? An Agriculture Technology firm focusing on artificial intelligence –based technologies, farm management and an Agriculture ecommerce platform for market access. We understand the smallholder farmer challenges before and during COVID19 and the fight for inclusion along the value chain. Our services strictly are targeted to benefit smallholder, small commercial, household and subsistence farmers.

3. We are a Farm Digitization And Farm management Company Harnessing the technology to revolutionize farming

4. Economic Challenges in SA One of the key changes in agriculture has been the deregulation of agricultural markets. However, the opening of markets has not meant that those disconnected from markets are now connected. The well established marketing systems within South African agriculture are well entrenched and still dominated by the white farming community who have the advantage of location, history and experience. The black farming community is generally more remote from markets, has less volume to sell, is less organised, less skilled and less experienced in agricultural business management. Thus, primary agricultural production is hemmed in by limitations of land and climate, and by historical imbalances of land distribution and ownership leading to inequitable access to agricultural markets and other economic factors.

5. Economic Challenges in SA

6. To digitize all smallholder Owned farms

7. THANK YOU SmartAgrIoT.co.za Watch our next video series On our youtube channel

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