Three Omanis have created an integrated platform to help farmers monitor and manage their greenhouse farms more efficiently. Autoplant uses IoT and new technologies to reduce human intervention in farm management, thereby improving productivity.
“Our solution uses IoT to monitor and control greenhouse operations. It uses data to determine what, when and how much to operate. This solves long hours of engagement, lack of skilled labor, and inefficient operation methods,” said Sultan al Yahyai, co-founder of Autoplant.
The Autoplant team includes Yousuf al Badi, CEO and technical developer, and Issa al Zifait, responsible for customer relations and branding, besides Yahyai, who is managing research and development, and business development.
“Collectively, we have about 45 years of technical experience. Two of us run our own greenhouse farms,” said Yahyai. “Greenhouse farming is very sensitive farming and requires a lot of attention. Due to lack of automation, greenhouse farming is time-consuming as most operations are manual. In addition, due to the lack of digitization, farmers cannot track their farming assets and crop information. Furthermore, greenhouse farming requires a lot of experience. Unfortunately, available farmworkers don’t have the right experience. This results in low yield and financial losses.”
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