{"id":5187,"date":"2021-06-08T13:13:08","date_gmt":"2021-06-08T13:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.abrahamsconsulting.com\/blog\/?p=5187"},"modified":"2021-06-08T13:13:08","modified_gmt":"2021-06-08T13:13:08","slug":"empowering-independence-for-farmers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abrahamsconsulting.com\/blog\/empowering-independence-for-farmers\/","title":{"rendered":"Empowering independence for farmers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/405466559?badge=0&amp;color=e3dede\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n    Modern technology has enabled farmers to obtain impressive yields that sustain entire populations while allowing them to become as efficient as possible with their available resources. However, most of this technology is dependent upon stable electrical grids, large-scale aqueducts, and a steady fuel supply, all of which are not readily available to millions of farmers around the world.  <\/p>\n<p>One of these farmers is Monica, who depended on a water well located on her property as her only water source to sustain both her farm and her family. To make matters worse, climate change made rain increasingly scarce in her region of Kenya, Africa, which further decreased her available water supply and forced her to work harder just to maintain her current yields. Thankfully, just as things seemed impossible, digital transformation provided her with the solution she needed to secure a better future. <\/p>\n<p>In this video, you&#8217;ll learn about Monica&#8217;s story and how, thanks to solar-powered Microsoft technology, she was able to automate her entire irrigation system, gain access to accurate weather forecasts, and obtain more income year round.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watch how #Microsoft #AzureAI can be combined with #SolarEnergy to enable the integration of advanced farming technology such as #AutomatedIrrigation systems and weather-predicting applications can increase yields by up to 300%.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1139,1136],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-microsoft","category-technology"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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