Geopotato
Bangladesh
GEOPOTATO is a geodata-driven decision support system that provides registered potato farmers with early alerts for spraying preventive fungicides via SMS and voice messages three days before a potential late blight attack. The GEOPOTATO DSS combines satellite image processing data on potato crop biomass growth with real-time weather data from Automatic Weather Stations (AWS) to assess conditions conducive to late blight attacks. Alerts are delivered to farmers through SMS and voice messages, ensuring optimal fungicide application offering economic and environmental benefits. Information is accessible to farmers through this service’s web-based and mobile application components.
Digital Solution (DS) Category
Digital Agriculture
Digital Solution Type (sub-category)
Farm advisory services, Precision agriculture, Weather forecasting
Delivery type (format)
Web based platform
Mobile app
SMS services / Voice messaging
DS supplier-user category
Business to business
Type of entity (ICT developer-supplier)
Community group
Name of supplier/developer
mPower Social Enterprises Ltd.
Primary Users
Farmers , Agribusiness / private company
Digital Solution Development Stage
Commercial stage (limited use)
Number of users or subscribers
Measurable positive impact(s) by Digital Solution (DS) on target users and/or audience
Digital Solution Geographic scope
Few locations in Bangladesh
Name of Digital village(s), districts, communes where DS is used/deployed
On-line resource links (Web-page links, links to videos, links to reports, etc)
DS Links to FAO, UN and other Development agencies projects, initiatives and programmes