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AirSmat and RiceAfrika Partner for Sustainability and Rice Grower Empowerment

AirSmat SVP & Chief Commercial Officer (Olasunkanmi Alabi) and CEO Rice Afrika (Ibrahim Maigari)

AirSmat today announced a partnership agreement in principle with RiceAfrika, under which AirSmat will deliver critical enabling technology for RiceAfrika platform which helps Rice growers improve their productivity and secure the supply chain of the future.

RiceAfrika will use AirSmat technology to deliver unique agronomic insights with incredible, acre-by-acre precision and drive efficiency into invoice generation to rice growers that requires services provided by RiceAfrika. RiceAfrika’s team of expert will access this data to deliver value for some of their most valuable partners – the farmers that produce the high-quality rice products.

With drone, satellite, soil-level and IoT sensors, we are helping to transform the way farmers collect, manage, and interpret farm data. We are helping farm owners and farmers across to eliminate guess work and drive day to day farm operations decision with precision. Precise, accurate data enables tailored application of crop inputs and water resources, eliminating overapplication and overuse of products and delivering the insights needed for growers to optimize land stewardship.

“We are excited to support RiceAfrika on the mission to make quality rice available across Africa and to ensure sustainability and rice grower empowerment,” said Olasunkanmi Alabi, Chief Commercial Officer at AirSmat. “RiceAfrika has made a powerful set of commitments to its growers, customers, and stakeholders. Likewise, AirSmat’s technology has repeatedly demonstrated that farmer success, economic empowerment, and sustainable practices go together, and we are proud to be teamed with RiceAfrika in this effort.” AirSmat works with many of the largest farmers, and consumer-packaged goods companies to help drive efficiency and productivity through AI-driven digital insights.

About AirSmat

AirSmat addresses the need to increase efficiency and sustainability of the farming business by offering extraordinary access to real time information that can help guide in-season decision making. Using the world’s most advanced solution for diagnostics of your farmland, we drive precision farming that empowers the agricultural industry to adopt and scale resilient agricultural practices. With drone, satellite, soil-level and IoT sensors, we are helping to transform the way farmers collect, manage, and interpret farm data. We are helping farm owners and farmers across to eliminate guess work and drive day to day farm operations decision with precision. With world resources dwindling and an ever-growing population especially on the continent of Africa, it is our mission to guarantee food availability for all. For more information, visit www.airsmat.com.

About RiceAfrika

RiceAfrika is Africa’s first rice ONLY platform connecting all stakeholders in the value chain towards creating valuable interactions. RiceAfrika’s objective is to use technology to improve rice production in Africa. It recently launched a Harvester Hiring Service in Nigeria where rice farmers hire eco-friendly easy to use harvester machines. For more details, visit www.riceafrika.com.

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