LACK OF RURAL INTERNET AND CELLULAR CONNECTIVITY JEOPARDIZING GROWTH OF AG INDUSTRY

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Kristjan Hebert is a Global Farmer Network member from Canada. Tan blog post, he describes how he can run his business from a cell phoneassigning work orders, purchasing inputs, marketing grain, and making capital decisionsbut only if he can access cellular service. With much of rural areas underserved by broadband and cell service he explains the digital divide.
Kristjan Hebert
WAXAA QORAY

Kristjan Hebert

Beeraha Kiristaanka 28,000 acres ee koonaha koonfur bari ee Saskatchewan, Canada, beerashada shaciir malt, sarreen guga cas oo adag, canola, galley dhicid, digir jaale ah iyo miro. Jaamacadii ayuu ka soo noqday 2008, go'aansadeen in ay ka koraan beerta qoyska ka 2,000 acres in ay ahayd markii uu korayay.
Kristjan waxa uu u isticmaalay danihiisa dhanka maaliyadda (waa CPA) iyo dadka si ay u gaaraan go'aamada ganacsiga oo ay isu keenaan kooxda loo baahan yahay si ay u koraan. Qofka beeraleyda ah wuxuu qandaraas ku qaataa dalaggiisa wuxuuna hagaajiyaa wareegga dalagga ilaa xad iyadoo loo eegayo qandaraasyada iibka ee la heli karo.
Beertu waxay isticmaashaa aan-till inta badan hektarkeeda, oo leh beerashada ugu yar inta soo hartay. Farsamooyinka waxaa ka mid ah bacriminta heerka isbeddelka ah iyo a 6-9 qorshaha maareynta nafaqada sanadka oo ay ku jiraan siyaabo badan oo loo isticmaalo bacriminta. Tani waxay bixisaa maaraynta khatarta qaar ka mid ah sanadahan oo kale marka qiimaha bacriminta uu sarreeyo.
Kristjan waxa uu la shaqaynayaa walaalkii oo xoolaha dhaqda, si loo soo saaro silaj lo'da, dabadeed beer dalagga daboolka ah ee diyaar u ah daaqsinta, oo dhulka lagu daro bacriminta digada. Marka laga eego dhinaca deegaanka, wuxuu qabaa inay muhiim tahay in beeralayda iyo kuwa xoolaha soo saara ay wada shaqeeyaan.

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