SmartCoop: Creating a smart sensing chicken coop for use in rural Africa

SmartCoop：创建一个供非洲农村使用的智能传感鸡舍

• 批准号: 105659
• 金额: $ 31.92万
• 依托单位: AGSENZE LTD
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: BEIS-Funded Programmes
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2020 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=105659
• 关键词: SmartCoop; Creating; smart; sensing; chicken

Chicken and eggs are a major source of both nutrition and income in rural parts of Eastern and Southern Africa. Local bird breeds are often reared in family homes by women who a) directly consume produce or b) sell produce to urban markets. To date, most poultry farming is performed at small scales (<50 birds) but there is a great opportunity to sell more produce to wealthier middle-class people and help women and their families to earn more money. This 18-month project (SmartCoop) aims to support the scale-up of rural poultry production by combining two innovative technologies: self-building chicken coops (sold throughout Southern Africa by Inkukakaya) and bird sound hardware and analytics (developed by UK SME AgsenZe). Together, this project will yield a new class of chicken coop equipped with decision support tools to enable female growers to reduce mortality rates, increase production and upskill through delivery of both agricultural and basic business/commercially-orientated courses (via partnership with NOSA). We expect outputs of this project to impact individuals (increased protein availability and direct revenue), communities (through formation of a female-led co-operative) and nationally.

鸡和蛋是东部和南部非洲农村地区营养和收入的主要来源。当地鸟类品种通常由妇女在家中饲养，她们a）直接消费农产品或B）将农产品出售给城市市场。迄今为止，大多数家禽养殖都是小规模的（50只以下），但有很大的机会向更富裕的中产阶级出售更多的产品，并帮助妇女及其家庭赚取更多的钱。这个为期18个月的项目（SmartCoop）旨在通过结合两种创新技术来支持农村家禽生产的扩大：自建鸡舍（由Inkukakaya在整个南部非洲销售）和鸟类声音硬件和分析（由英国中小企业AgsenZe开发）。总之，该项目将产生一个配备决策支持工具的新型鸡舍，使女性种植者能够通过提供农业和基本商业/商业导向课程（通过与NOSA合作）降低死亡率，增加产量和提高技能。我们预计该项目的产出将影响个人（增加蛋白质供应和直接收入），社区（通过组建女性领导的合作社）和国家。