Thread by @techeweup

Long Thread Warning -I have been on a massive learning journey implementing AgTech on farm for a while now and I feel somewhat obligated to share these learnings with the industry especially after the opportunities I have been given via the @AgriFuturesAU Rural Womens Award.1/17

My next acknowledgement must go to @the_wes_man_ for being an excellent sounding board, a wealth of knowledge and a way with words.... together we are proud to bring you the #8pillarsofagtech framework that deconstructs solutions into their fundamental elements, or pillars..2/17

These 8 Pillars are based on our combined experience, there has been many challenges, barriers, unknowns, learnings, successes, and failures to work through but from it all creates the foundation that each pillar is built on.
These 8 Pillars are....3/17

Pillar 1: Installation
Installation is about firstly identifying the problem that needs solving and then understanding where that problem is physically located and assessing the physical environment in which an AgTech solution needs to live.....4/17

Terrain, ease of access, soil type, infrastructure requirements, mounting brackets, environmental exposure, exposure to livestock and other animals, correctly orienting things like solar panels and wind direction sensors form just a handful of the challenges.....5/17

The importance of the actual physical installation and key considerations in regard to environment and location is the first step in the process.

Pillar 2: Sensors
Sensors are the specific component in a device that undertakes key measurements......6/17

A device may have one or multiple sensors that may be external or internal. The data output and the nature of the solution is dependent on the sensors that exist within a device. Sensor quality and function is a component of data quality and reliability.

Pillar 3: Devices...7/17

The device manages, controls and powers itself and its sensors and communication modules. It manages sensor readings and packages them into messages and transmits them within its programmed format. Devices can also receive commands and perform functions within their ...8/17

physical technological and power constraints.

Pillar 4: Connectivity
There is a plethora of connectivity options and terminology and it all fits together differently depending on where the installation is located relative to the existing or deployed infrastructure...9/17

and is usually multiple technologies. Bluetooth/BLE, WIFI, 3G/4G/LTE/Cat-M1/NB-IOT/5G cellular, LoRaWAN, Sigfox, ISM radio frequency, UHF, satellite, NBN, fibre, base stations, gateways, modems, last mile and backhaul all fit within this pillar..

Pillar 5 - Data Ingestion.10/17

Separating data ingestion from storage allows a focus on device messages and how data flows are handled and then becomes meaningful data. It provides a framework for understanding of how batch and historical data can be handled, how farm records can be digitised...11/17

and covers the importance of attributes, units of measurement and the importance of data principles and data standardisation.

Pillar 6 - Data Storage
Covers data management terminology like servers, cloud, AWS, Azure, SQL, databases, and data historians.....12/17

It allows attention to be given to stored data: where is it, who holds it, who owns in who has access to it, what is it being used for.

Pillar 7 - On farm Data Consumption
Looks at applications, dashboards and apps with a focus on the farm or individual business level....13/17

solution layer. Covers consumption of third party data such as satellite imagery as well vision from drones and cameras. Understanding layers of data can deliver farmer benefit.

Pillar 8 - Aggregated Data Consumption
Aggregated consumption is emerging as the new frontier ..14/17

with developing data sharing, data hubs, grouped displays, grouped machine learning, and 3rd party consumption of data for purposes such as traceability and benchmarking.

So there you have it....We hope these 8 Pillars provides a meaningful framework by which to organise..15/17

your knowledge and experience with AgTech. By developing a knowledge base of these 8 Pillars and understanding how they are connected we hope will assist the discussion, confidence and adoption of AgTech and the use of data into the next phase of on-farm efficiency, ...16/17

production and profitability and addressing social and ecological impact.

We are willing to run workshops on the 8 pillars of Agtech to take a deeper dive ... just send me a message...17/17
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