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Smallholder Sowing Advisor via SMS

Get SMS advice on when to sow and irrigate based on local forecasts.

Intermediate18h2–4 people17/20 fit
TL;DR

Build Smallholder Sowing Advisor via SMS for smallholder farmers in ~18h with 2–4 people. Stack: Weather API + SMS API + Python.

Why it wins: Works on basic phones, so impact is high.

Build flow

01 · Problem
Erratic rainfall makes traditional sowing calendars unreliable.
02 · Solution
Combine weather forecasts and soil moisture estimates with simple crop rules, send short local-language SMS advice and accept replies.
03 · Build
  1. 1Fetch forecasts by location
  2. 2Encode crop rules
  3. 3Send SMS
  4. 4Handle replies
04 · Demo
Send an SMS from a phone and receive a sowing tip for the area.

MVP checklist

  • Forecast-based advice
  • Local language SMS
  • Reply commands
  • Crop profiles

Tech stack

TechRole
Weather APIWeather data
SMS APIText-message alerts
PythonBackend / scripting

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