Agriculture and food - Beyond Food Security™

It is estimated that today, over 800 million people in the world are starving.

According to the United Nations, based on the current global population trajectory, by the year 2050, the world will need to produce 70% more food than it does today. With shrinking agricultural lands, dwindling freshwater supplies, and Climate Change, we will need to produce food more with fewer resources.

Precision Farming - The need to reduce wastage and increase output has never been more critical. Limited availability of natural resources such as freshwater and arable land and slowing yield trends in several staple crops have further aggravated the problem. Another factor for concern is the shifting structure of the workforce. Agricultural labour is declining, which, in turn, is accelerating the adoption of remote monitoring and automation/control technology in farming practices.

Beyond Food Security™ enables growers and farmers to reduce waste and enhance productivity.

Some applications include:

• Infrastructure monitoring - mains and backup power monitoring, fuel, electricity, and water consumption.
• Irrigation system monitoring and control - pressure, flow, dam and reservoir levels, pollution and pump status.
• Weather stations - wind speed, wind direction, rainfall, humidity and barometric pressure.
• Soil health - moisture, pH levels, nitrates, phosphates, potassium (NPK).
• Animal health - real-time temperature monitoring of livestock for early disease detection.
• Tunnels – temperature, humidity, leaf moisture, light levels, airflow, door position, power status, NPK.
• Cold chain – temperature, humidity, levels in packhouses, cold rooms, refrigerated vehicles, and containers.
• Farming equipment – monitoring of fuel pumps, tractors and most heat sensitive equipment to prevent and detect breakdowns.
• Farm Security - panic alarms, intrusion detection, land invasion detection, tamper detection, asset tracking, gunshot detection.

Today Beyond Food Security™ is trusted around the world by fruit, vegetable and grain farmers, hatcheries, meat producers, breeders, cooperatives, packhouses, veterinarians, animal vaccine manufacturers and government agencies.

Remote temperature monitoring

Our technology reduces food spoilage and maintains food safety standards through remote temperature monitoring.

Complete control

We give our clients complete control of their entire cold chain, minimising spoilage and thereby saving money and improving food safety and quality standards.

Beyond Food Security™ provides historical and real-time visibility of your farming assets, enabling trend analysis and sending critical alerts to the right people at the right time to ensure that your quality, safety, and production targets are met and maintained.

Beyond Food Security™ enables efficient and affordable data-gathering from more assets in more locations than ever before. The increased coverage, resolution, and accessibility of the data empowers farmers with the tools and the information they need to make informed decisions that translate into impactful and sustainable actions.