IFFCO Selects Oracle Cloud Infrastructure For Drone-Based Fertiliser Spraying Project
The initiative will enhance agricultural productivity through drone technology as the project enables farmers to adjust farming tactics based on real-time data got via IFFCO Kisan Uday mobile app.
Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Ltd. has selected Oracle Cloud Infrastructure to run its mobile application for farmers called IFFCO Kisan Uday. Built on OCI as a cloud-native application, the application provides farmers with an easy way to book, view, and manage drone-based sprayings of IFFCO nano fertilisers.
After a pilot, IFFCO selected OCI for its performance, scalability and ability to integrate with various third-party applications and workflows supporting the IFFCO Kisan Drone project. As an initiative to enhance agricultural productivity through drone technology, the project enables farmers to adjust farming tactics based on real-time data received through IFFCO Kisan Uday mobile application. The data is collected by 2,500 IFFCO Kisan Drones, according to a press release.
“OCI plays a pivotal role in enabling us to leverage technology to promote sustainable farming, and we are excited to expand our collaboration further. OCI is the only platform that can provide us with the scale and performance needed to handle the influx of data, which is set to increase by 100 times over the next few months,” said AK Gupta, director, IT and board member, IFFCO.
IFFCO uses OCI Media Flow and OCI Media Streams to process complex video content captured by Kisan Drones. The data captured includes the longitude and latitude, area of nano fertilizer sprayed, flow rate, battery health, altitude and fertilizer consumed.
Additionally, OCI Media Streams transcode, transcribe and integrate the data stored on the platform. With OCI Compute Virtual Machines, IFFCO is able to change the compute capacity to meet the growing volume of data captured by drones.
“The Indian agriculture market is undergoing a major transformation as farmers are rapidly adopting new technologies to boost productivity and improve profitability,” said Shailender Kumar, senior vice president and regional managing director, Oracle India. “With OCI, IFFCO can revolutionise farming practices and drive positive change in rural communities across India."
