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Why Agriculture? Is the question I get asked a lot (and when will I find an editor to help fix my grammar/spelling) why this and not Gaming or apps for Video…?
Well on this National Ag Day, I thought I would address the question. As I see the world, we all eat right? That be the short answer the longer answer and please stay with me, is that Farming is the last economic sector to use mobile as much as it could be, not only could this tech be used in fighting pests to helping Farmers from one part of the world learn from Farmers in another part of the world issues common to all parties in real time.
In this area of the U.S.A. Japanese Beatles are starting to raise havoc, I love to talk to someone dealing with the Beatles as well sharing a huge amount of information from what crops the Beatles are damaging the most,what the effects of treatment has been and what ideas others of tried that have worked.
Mobile devices could be used to run sophisticated soil testing saving both time and money for farmers. This could help farmers with job #1 building soil. Great soil is so very important to all types of Agriculture.
This flow of information could help create markets and educate consumers allowing us all to know our farmers far better then ever before.Just think what better health outcomes could come from this alone.
I do not want to overlook the idea too of the power of teaching the users of apps, how to write the apps creating more income to keep farmers farming, as well as with empowering farmers to work within political systems to increase the amount of high speed broadband that many in Agriculture so desperately need!
This is only a short look at why I choose to focus the first App contest on Agriculture.
We will visit this time and again
Thanks!
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