Authors :
Naseer Sanni Ajoge; Mohammed Auwal Ahmed; Adam Musa Yau
Volume/Issue :
Volume 8 - 2023, Issue 4 - April
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https://bit.ly/3TmGbDi
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DOI :
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8281257
Abstract :
Providing adequate and robust data about
persistence farmers for planning and policy execution
has always been a problem in Nigeria. Applying paperbased system with trained enumerators to collect this
data have proved ineffective over the years. There are
efforts on automation of the enumeration, however, a
mobile application that is based on Global Positioning
System (GPS) and Google Maps for mapping the farm
coordinates in addition to the automated enumeration
process that is to capture information about farmers and
their cultivated crops is the focus of this research The
research project therefore is centered on developing
mobile application for the enumeration of persistence
farmers in designated farm centers. Our proposed
system works on both Android and IOS platforms to
capture the necessary information about farmers. The
app captures farmer details which include; the biodata
and other identity documents. The most defining part is
the farm mapping; this system links real farmers with
their farmlands using Global positioning system (GPS)
for an accurate measurement of farm size in m2 and
acres; it also gives the exact location of your farm on
Google maps. The system offers web services to manage
the enumerated famers and to perform other related
operations. The accurate enumeration of farmers is the
first step in solving the incessant security challenges
bedeviling persistence agriculture in Nigeria and
bringing down the price of the entire value chain of
staple food.
Keywords :
DSS, GPS, Google Map, Mobile App, Farm Enumeration.
Providing adequate and robust data about
persistence farmers for planning and policy execution
has always been a problem in Nigeria. Applying paperbased system with trained enumerators to collect this
data have proved ineffective over the years. There are
efforts on automation of the enumeration, however, a
mobile application that is based on Global Positioning
System (GPS) and Google Maps for mapping the farm
coordinates in addition to the automated enumeration
process that is to capture information about farmers and
their cultivated crops is the focus of this research The
research project therefore is centered on developing
mobile application for the enumeration of persistence
farmers in designated farm centers. Our proposed
system works on both Android and IOS platforms to
capture the necessary information about farmers. The
app captures farmer details which include; the biodata
and other identity documents. The most defining part is
the farm mapping; this system links real farmers with
their farmlands using Global positioning system (GPS)
for an accurate measurement of farm size in m2 and
acres; it also gives the exact location of your farm on
Google maps. The system offers web services to manage
the enumerated famers and to perform other related
operations. The accurate enumeration of farmers is the
first step in solving the incessant security challenges
bedeviling persistence agriculture in Nigeria and
bringing down the price of the entire value chain of
staple food.
Keywords :
DSS, GPS, Google Map, Mobile App, Farm Enumeration.
