Farmers in western Kenya Now Have Access to IoT to Ensure their fish remain Healthy in Fish Ponds

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Liquid Telecom Kenya has made good use of an Internet of Things (IoT) network that has been setup in Nyanza and Kenya to protect and monitor populations of freshwater fish.

The company has connected ten pilot-phase sensors that monitor water temperature and pH values in ponds.

The sensors send information and feeding instructions to farmers through an Android and iOS app called AquaRech, developed by the Kisumu innovation technology hub LakeHub and developers Pinovate.

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The programme will eventually be rolled out to 30,000 fish pond farmers countrywide helping to increase fish production.

According to Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, fish production in Kenya fell by 17 percent in 2017.

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Here’s what the Ceo of Liquid Telecom East Africa, El-Youssefi, hopes the project will bring.

“AquaRech offers the hope of delivering thousands of tonnes a year in increased fish production, putting farmers back into a sector many have abandoned on the challenges of adapting feeds,”

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