Stabilizing pH, maintaining nutrient level, and balancing N-P-K ratios in a reliable and cost effective way is one of the major hurdles to implementing hydroponics as a water saving technique into Jordanian Agriculture.
To that end our team is working with a number of global partners to standardize and professionally produce the home grown, low cost (roughly 1/10th of commercially available systems), pH and nutrient management system that we have perfected over the last 3 years in the Jordan Valley.
We expect to take delivery of 10 of these machines in January and immediately deploy them across hydroponic early adopting farms in Karama, South Shuna, Madaba, Jawfa and Dohuk, Iraq.
Tanner, our highly skilled intern, has developed a spreadsheet that allows us to project nutrient requirements and applied nutrients onto a digital map of the farm displayed on a TV screen.
This map graphically displays where nutrients are needed before we see negative effects on the plants. Intuitive, preemptive nutrient management allows us to significantly reduce pest infestations, crop loss, and chemical treatment at NO ADDITIONAL COST to the farm.
Transitioning from anecdotal decision making to numerically based, analytical, decision making is one of the greatest needs in global agriculture. A little know how on readily available software (Google Sheets) allows our team to collaborate and share what has been done and needs to be done in real time.
To that end our team is working with a number of global partners to standardize and professionally produce the home grown, low cost (roughly 1/10th of commercially available systems), pH and nutrient management system that we have perfected over the last 3 years in the Jordan Valley.
We expect to take delivery of 10 of these machines in January and immediately deploy them across hydroponic early adopting farms in Karama, South Shuna, Madaba, Jawfa and Dohuk, Iraq.
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| An Arduino, the $30 brain of our hydroponic control system |
Tanner, our highly skilled intern, has developed a spreadsheet that allows us to project nutrient requirements and applied nutrients onto a digital map of the farm displayed on a TV screen.
This map graphically displays where nutrients are needed before we see negative effects on the plants. Intuitive, preemptive nutrient management allows us to significantly reduce pest infestations, crop loss, and chemical treatment at NO ADDITIONAL COST to the farm.
Transitioning from anecdotal decision making to numerically based, analytical, decision making is one of the greatest needs in global agriculture. A little know how on readily available software (Google Sheets) allows our team to collaborate and share what has been done and needs to be done in real time.
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| A map of the JV farm with the first layer of data superimposed, valve placement. Crop requirement and applied nutrient data to be superimposed this week. |
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