Rural farmers lack low-cost soil moisture sensors

Overview

Ideas & Solutions (1)

The problem

Smallholder farmers in semi-arid regions over- or under-water crops because commercial IoT soil sensors cost roughly 10x what a small farm can justify.

Agriculture AgricultureHardwareIoT 📍 East Africa

Bluetooth soil probe + SMS alert (no smartphone needed)

Proposed by Demo Reporter

Single-probe design using a low-cost capacitive sensor plus a shared gateway that texts alerts — no app or smartphone required.