How Indians are going high-tech and watering crops via mobile phone
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Farming on the phone? This is not a review of a new version of Farmville, it's a real-life account of farming with a cellular phone.
For years, farmers in India have had to walk miles per day from pump to pump to activate the water to the farmland. This is all changing as the farmers are upgrading to mobile-enabled water pumps to bring water to their land.
BBC reporter Spencer Kelly has just posted a report, showing how farmers are harnessing technology to save time and money. Kelly reports how one farmer he followed was able to avoid walking miles per day by installing a mobile-enabled water pump, allowing him to turn on and off the water with a simple phone call.
Spencer Kelly's video is available: here
source: BBC News
For years, farmers in India have had to walk miles per day from pump to pump to activate the water to the farmland. This is all changing as the farmers are upgrading to mobile-enabled water pumps to bring water to their land.
BBC reporter Spencer Kelly has just posted a report, showing how farmers are harnessing technology to save time and money. Kelly reports how one farmer he followed was able to avoid walking miles per day by installing a mobile-enabled water pump, allowing him to turn on and off the water with a simple phone call.
Spencer Kelly's video is available: here
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source: BBC News
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8 Comments
2. Sangeet posted on 29 May 2012, 03:06 9 0
No doubt that India has got the best Engineers in the whole world..!!
In India 4 of every ten student wants to be an engineer..
3. PhansMuneeb posted on 29 May 2012, 03:32 7 0
Yeah Indians are all over the world, even my family members.
But we need to make our country developed 1st.
8. Sangeet posted on 30 May 2012, 06:28 1 0
well.. i am sorry that would not be possible until and unless the corruption stops, and that will never happen, at least until i am alive
5. techsavvy.jaz posted on 29 May 2012, 04:35 3 0
This dates back to at least 2009, and this was not an innovation of any multinational company, basic model was designed by an engineering student, I believe. correct me if I am wrong..
7. techsavvy.jaz posted on 30 May 2012, 06:24 2 0
You might have been to India when I was born.. Please do visit again..
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