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FarmPulse: soil sensors that text farmers when to water
Smallholder farmers water by guesswork, wasting water in some weeks and losing crops in others. FarmPulse sits in the soil and sends one text a day, no smartphone needed.
Our pilot with 40 farmers cut water use by a third. We need this campaign to place our first manufacturing order of 1,000 units.
This is a fictional demo campaign: the people, figures and contributions are invented. Photo by Gnim Zabdiel Mignake on Unsplash.
All-or-nothing. The organiser receives the money only if the goal is reached by the deadline. If it is not, every supporter is refunded. Backing this campaign is not an investment: you don't receive shares, interest or any other financial return.
How the money will be used
Milestones
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Pilot with 40 farmers
Done · 22 Jul 2026 -
Final design
Done · 30 Sep 2026 -
Production order
Planned · 4 Nov 2026 -
Units shipped to backers
Planned · 18 Jan 2027
Risks and challenges
Hardware is hard: component shortages could delay delivery. All-or-nothing: if we don't reach the full goal needed for the production run, every supporter is refunded.
Updates
Oct 01, 2026
Yaw Boateng
Pilot results are in
Farmers used 34% less water on average, with the same harvest.
Oct 10, 2026
Yaw Boateng
93%!
Six days to go and so close. Please share with anyone who farms.
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