By Ghazala Anbreen
In the times where there are severe challenges faced by agriculture with a particular significance to water shortage and rural labour shortages, it becomes all the more expedient to make a mention of interventions offering practical solutions. The interview with Andrew Coppin, cofounder of Ranchbot Monitoring Solutions was conducted keeping in view the need of times to adopt smart technological solutions in agriculture. Andrew Coppin is a towering Australian agri-tech entrepreneur connected with revolutionary water management systems for remote agriculture. He has a vast experience in agriculture and has also been working in leadership roles and startup investment and policy advocacy. He is considered an important leader in the realms of technological use for sustainable farming. He has offered practical solutions faced by agricultural challenges on a worldwide level, a world threatened by climate change. Ranchbot Monitoring Solutions is a primary agri-tech Australian firm with a profound understanding of rural community needs offering valuable solutions for saving livestock and improving water management.
Coppin comes with new actionable strategies relating to remote water monitoring system. This can enhance livestock productivity and sustainability thereby leading to empower farmers. The ideas of Coppin center around technological advancement and a dedication to solve problems faced globally.
Countries like Pakistan can learn a lot where there are challenges of water and labour constraints. Ranchbot offers timely solutions to such challenges. It is related with monitoring of water levels in distant areas. Coppin has a view that “We wanted to empower ranchers with peace of mind, while saving time and ensuring animals always have access to water.”
Ranchbots use satellite and GPS technology for delivering real time updates on the farmers phones. In this manner the need for Manuel monitoring is dispensed with even in the areas which are very remote. They have taken into consideration especially the Australian outback rugged conditions while designing the water monitoring system. In such harsh conditions this system performs in a reliable manner and is able to tackle the environmental stress effectively. This system of water management is user friendly with a setup up to ten sensors and five attachments
During the interview Coppin made a resort to a success story where the Ranchbot technology he employs was helpful in combatting livestock dehydration by identifying a line break just before cattle were shipped. “The tech paid for itself within weeks,” he notes, underscoring its practical and economic value for farmers.
He envisages Ranchbot to be developing further into a full spectrum environmental monitoring tool like automated gate and valve control and having the traits like soil moisture tracking system and AI powered analytics. The objective he envisions is to increase efficiency on sustainable grounds.
Coppin is highly hopeful regarding Ranchbot’s applicability in Pakistan battling water security issues, He believes that if such a system is adopted, it can cater for local needs and can equip farmers for conserving water, productivity of livestock and also can go a long way for reducing Manuel labor.
He is in favor of Agri-tech entrepreneurs and comes with the advice, “Start with the problem, not the technology. Build tools that are practical, reliable, and scalable. And never forget, you’re supporting the people who feed the world.”
It can be construed that Ranchbot is way beyond a product. It is especially helpful for farmers who fight with water challenges and labor shortages. Ranchbot is a modern example of how simple, thoughtful innovation can sustainably transform rural livelihoods all over the globe. It is the proof that if we adopt new technology and go for innovative, out of the box solutions then the most stringent challenges and harshest conditions can be overcome.
