Turning Field Conversations into Actionable Intelligence with AI
PropelMapper leverages advanced AI, including Meta's Llama, to help overloaded agricultural advisors capture crucial insights effortlessly and provide better support to more farmers across Africa.
Discover HowThe Advisor's Dilemma in Africa
Agricultural advisors and extension officers are vital, but often stretched thin. They face challenges like:
- Supporting hundreds, even thousands, of farmers across vast distances.
- Losing valuable, nuanced field observations due to inefficient manual note-taking and data overload.
- Lack of access to affordable, integrated digital tools – insights often remain siloed or behind corporate paywalls.
- Limited time for deep analysis, strategic planning, or sharing specialized knowledge (e.g., regenerative ag, soil health).
PropelMapper: The Advisor's Smart Companion
We started by making field data capture effortless. Advisors simply talk.
Effortless Voice Capture
Advisors record detailed field notes, observations, and recommendations using natural voice conversations during or after visits.
Automatic Geolocation
Every note is automatically tagged with location (farm/field level) and time, creating spatially organized records.
Unlocking Insight with Llama: The Intelligent Field Notes Engine
Capturing data is just the start. This grant enables us to integrate Meta's Llama to transform raw voice notes into structured, actionable intelligence.
Entity Extraction
Llama identifies and structures key agricultural terms (crops, pests, diseases, recommendations) from conversational text.
Contextual Summarization
Generates concise summaries of visits or field histories, providing rapid situational awareness.
Insight Flagging
Identifies recurring issues, critical follow-ups, or potential anomalies based on note content.
Domain Fine-Tuning
Adapting Llama to understand specific agricultural terminology and local context using our unique dataset.
Foundation for EO Fusion
This structured Llama output becomes invaluable ground truth for validating and enhancing Earth Observation data (like Sentinel-2) analysis in future steps or parallel projects.
Empowering Advisors, Amplifying Impact
By integrating Llama, PropelMapper aims to give advisors superpowers:
Save Precious Time
Drastically reduce time spent on manual note processing and report writing.
Improve Recall & Prep
Access structured summaries and key details effortlessly before follow-up visits.
Enhance Advice Quality
Make data-informed recommendations based on structured history and flagged insights.
Support More Farmers
Increased efficiency allows advisors to potentially reach and support a larger number of farmers effectively.
This is especially crucial for advisors sharing specialized knowledge in areas like **regenerative agriculture, soil health management, sustainable practices, and smallholder commercialisation pathways** – allowing their expertise to scale more effectively.
Better Support for Thriving Farms & Communities
When advisors are empowered, farmers benefit through more consistent, timely, and data-informed guidance, leading to improved yields, enhanced sustainability, better resource management, and stronger pathways to commercialisation, especially for smallholders.
Sustainable Growth, Shared Impact
Our strategy leverages a high-tech core to enable both commercial success and broad social impact:
- **Commercial Engine:** Develop and scale high-value B2B solutions (like enhanced market intelligence) for international clients, generating revenue and driving core technology advancement. *(Leverages existing PropelMapper Plus traction)*
- **Accessible SA Tools:** Utilize the core Llama+EO engine to provide affordable, powerful tools for SA advisors via PropelMapper Core tiers and accessible delivery (e.g., WhatsApp).
- **Strategic Partnerships:** Collaborate with institutions like **FABI (UP)** to co-develop, pilot, train, and deploy solutions effectively within public extension networks and farming communities.
This Llama Impact Grant is crucial for building the foundational **"Intelligent Field Notes Engine"** that powers both streams.
