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Project Complete! Empowering remote agricultural communities in Lao PDR

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Many of the hardest areas of Laos to connect are filled with agricultural communities. There are many ways connectivity could help these farmers improve their livelihoods – knowing the current prices of crops and produce as well as soil and weather data could help them decide what’s best to plant in a given season.

Makerbox Lao sought to tackle this connectivity challenge via installation of prototype sensors as part of a recent ISIF Asia project.

Discover more, including the full technical report, on the project page.