The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) have developed near real-time systems that use satellite data to give farmers crucial information about their soil and crops.
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Read MoreThe Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), in collaboration with the Department of Science, Technology, and Innovation (DSTI) and the Agricultural Research Council (ARC), is developing a precision agriculture information system that uses drones and other transformative technologies to support farmers with near real time information to enhance decision making on the farm.
Read MoreThe Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), in collaboration with the Limpopo Department of Agriculture, South African Grain Association and Eastern Cape Development Corporation, is testing its Precision Agriculture Information System to strengthen precision agriculture adoption in a year-long, multi-province pilot project.
In a first for precision agriculture, University of Pretoria (UP) researchers, in association with collaborators from the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), have produced maps of smallholder farms in Gauteng that highlight maize plants in green and weeds in red. The maps were shared with farmers to enable them to pinpoint and eradicate weeds with more precision.