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. Katika hii 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
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Kristjan Hebert

Mashamba ya Kikristo 28,000 ekari katika kona ya kusini-mashariki ya Saskatchewan, Canada, kukua shayiri ya kimea, ngano ngumu nyekundu ya spring, kanola, rye ya kuanguka, mbaazi za njano na oats. Alirudi kutoka chuo kikuu huko 2008, nia ya kukuza shamba la familia kutoka 2,000 ekari ambazo ni alipokuwa akikua.
Kristjan alitumia maslahi yake katika fedha (he's a CPA) na watu kufanya maamuzi ya biashara na kukusanya timu inayohitajika kukua. Shamba mbele huweka kandarasi mazao yake na kurekebisha mzunguko wa mazao kwa kiwango fulani kulingana na kandarasi za mauzo zinazoweza kufikiwa..
Shamba linatumia no-till kwenye ekari zake nyingi, na kiwango cha chini cha kulima kwa sehemu iliyobaki. Teknolojia ni pamoja na urutubishaji wa viwango tofauti na a 6-9 Mpango wa mwaka wa usimamizi wa virutubishi unaojumuisha njia nyingi za kuweka mbolea. Hii inatoa usimamizi wa hatari katika miaka kama hii wakati bei ya mbolea iko juu.
Kristjan anafanya kazi kwa ushirikiano na kaka yake anayefuga mifugo, kuzalisha silaji kwa ng'ombe, then grow a cover crop that's available for grazing, kwa upande wake kuongeza mbolea ya samadi kwenye ardhi. Kutoka kwa mtazamo wa mazingira, he thinks it's important to get farmers and livestock producers working together.

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