Digital Directory
ImPACT
Pessl Instruments
Country:
Philippines
Crops/Commodity Focus:
Rice, Vegetables, Maize, Fruits, Coffee
Category:
Farmer Advisory, Hardware and IoT
About
Pessl Instruments GmbH (Pessl), an Austrian AgTech company, aims to improve the climate resilience of smallholder Filipino farmers through a public private partnership called "Improving Productivity in Agriculture through Climate-Smart Technology" or ImPACT. Pessl has deployed over 32 proprietary agro-meteorological IoT devices that enable farmers to adopt Climate-Smart Agriculture in their daily farming activities. These devices autonomously measure and transmit environmental data, which is processed and delivered to farmers in the via a simplified mobile application. Farmers are able to use this data to reduce their chemical footprint and improve their yield.
Capabilities & Features
The system can be handled by an under graduate level or less educated person after training, is affordable, and produces fast results. This helps farmers to save money by optimizing fertilizer use, whilst increasing crop yields and therefore farmer income.
Progress to Date
ImPACT has reduced the input usage of farmers, enabling more precise documentation of farmers' daily activity and improved crop yields.
ImPACT have worked with a control group of 100 farmers, expanding to 5,000 farmers in 2019 and 10,000 farmers by 2020.
Deployment will be made sustainable through a service model, e.g. farmers pay $1 per month for the application and are therefore able to save money on chemicals and increase their incomes.