Tare da hasashen yawan al'ummar duniya zai kai biliyan 9.7 nan da shekara ta 2050, manoma na bukatar duk taimakon da za su iya samu don kara yawan noma, inganci, da darajar kayan amfanin gona. FarmBeats zai taimake su cimma hakan.
"FarmBeats dandamali ne na noma na dijital don haɗa bayanan da ke fitowa daga tushe daban-daban a wuri ɗaya," in ji shi. Steven Mirsky, Masanin ilimin halittu na bincike a Sabis na Binciken Aikin Noma (ARS) Laboratory Systems Mai Dorewa a Beltsville, Md. "Yana ba da sarrafa bayanai kuma yana taimakawa gina ƙa'idodi kewaye da tsarin Intanet na Abubuwa (IoT).
IoT cibiyar sadarwa ce ta abubuwa ta zahiri wacce ta ƙunshi na'urori masu auna firikwensin, software, da sauran fasahohin da ke haɗawa da raba bayanai akan intanit.
A cewar Mirsky, FarmBeats yana sauƙaƙe sarrafa bayanai da bincike daga fahimtar fasahar da aka tura a filayen gonaki. Tsarin yana amfani da dandalin girgije na Microsoft Azure don tarawa, adanawa, da daidaita bayanai. FarmBeats kuma yana haɓaka hanyoyin sadarwa mara kyau a cikin yankunan karkara ta hanyar amfani da fasahar sararin samaniya ta talabijin (TVWS). TVWS yana nufin VHF mara amfani (mai girma sosai) da UHF (maɗaukakiyar mitar) tashoshin talabijin kuma yana iya watsa kusan sau 100 nisan Wi-Fi.
Har yanzu tsarin yana cikin farkon matakan haɓakawa. A ARS, masu bincike suna amfani da shi don adana hotunan "phenocam" tare da metadata don saka idanu kan damuwa na fari a masara, waken soya, da auduga. Phenocam kyamarar dijital ce wacce ke ɗaukar hotuna na ɗan lokaci na ganye don yin rikodin tasirin muhalli akan ci gaban shuka da lafiya.
"Makomar noma ta ƙunshi fasahohin fahimta da yawa waɗanda ke ba da bayanan aiki ga manoma," in ji Mirsky. "FarmBeats shine tushen da ke yin wannan."