Last year in The Conversation Canada, we described Agrilo, an affordable “colorimetric” soil-testing system developed through research at MacEwan University. Using a smartphone camera to interpret colour changes, Agrilo measures soil nutrients and can provide farmers with timely guidance to support fertilizer decisions.
Our goal was to make practical soil information more accessible — so farmers could use fertilizer more efficiently, improve crop productivity and reduce unnecessary environmental impacts.
But affordability is only one part of successful agricultural innovation. For a technology to create value across different regions and farming conditions, users must also be able to learn its procedures confidently and apply them consistently.
So we developed Agrilo VR, a virtual reality training platform designed to support the wider adoption and standardized use of the soil-testing system.
Quality assurance on the farm
