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Kenyan develops greenhouse monitoring system

A screw driver in his right hand and an electric cable in his left, Muriungi Kithinji, 23, inserts the latter in a tiny hole and fastens it with a screw, inside the greenhouse in Nyeri.

He then picks a plastic box, and with the help of his friend Denzel Wambura, 22, screws it on a post in the structure.

The students are fixing a sensor that helps farmers monitor their greenhouses and control activities remotely using an app they have also developed.

Greenhouse farming can be draining and labour intensive because the structure needs constant monitoring, which many do not do, leading to losses.

The many challenges the farmers face, according to Kithinji and Wambura, are what motivated them to come up with the technology that they have named Nelion Farm System, which digitises greenhouse farming, making it convenient and stress-free.

“Inside the greenhouse we install a camera and sensors that monitor temperature, humidity and soil moisture. The gadgets collect information which the farmers accesses through the app,” explain Kithinji and Wambura, who are third year Mechatronics Engineering students at Dedan Kimathi University of Technology.

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