Ag-Knowledge is a low cost, global field monitoring service for web- and mobile applications. It is accessible via an easy to understand REST API or JavaScript API and web mashups. Ag-Knowledge allows any web portal, mobile app or enterprise application to offer cost efficient field monitoring to their customers. It provides continuous updates on crop phenology and field activites throughout the season for each field subscribed to the service. Through notifications and alarming services the user will be actively informed about irregularities on his field. In its nature the field monitoring service is comparable to weather web-services that can be found on many web pages.
Ag-Knowledge addresses the following basic information needs:
• Getting actively informed about any detected status change on the field such as a phenology status change, a crop damage or farming operations such as tillage, planting and harvest
• Providing documentation of farmer activities on the field throughout the season
• Providing simplified information for non experts
This information can be used for the following purposes:
• Farmers will get informed about the status of their remote properties
• Consultants and agents will have better information for their advices to farmers
• Insurances get information about current and previous field status as well as potential claims
• Agri-finance industry can improve their risks management
• Supply chain players can address their farmers more specifically
• Food industry can monitor contracted fields and better predict supply
• Governments can improve their controls for subsidies payments
Geocledian will be supported among others stakeholders by two partners:
• CloudEO AG for backend services and business development
• Ceptu IVS carrying out end-user trials with their mobile application FieldSense for monitoring crop health.