– I entered the world of Agriculture which had nothing to do with my field of expertise quite spontaneously. It began when I planted a hazel tree back in the Fall of 2015 and when I decided to buy a device that would give me, a small, amateur farmer, remote control of the watering system. However, there was no right product on the market for it. So I decided to take the matter into my own hands and I started building a device and writing a software that will enable to control and manage the watering of my hazels remotely. After three moths of work we got the first version of the device which we thereafter continued to develop.
This is how
Lazar Jovanovic, one of the founders of
Smart Watering Solutions company explained how he came to connect agriculture and IT in his business idea. Talking to eKapija portal he said that precision in agriculture is well established in the Western countries for 10 years now, while the concept in Serbia is still relatively new and in development.
– However, when our farmers, at least the ones who are just starting out, see the advantages of the precise farming they invest more and more in this type of equipment which helps the production and which is certainly the future, Lazar pointed out.
Smart Watering controllers are smart electronic devices which are controlled with mobile and web applications. They have a two-fold role – to collect the data about the state of the land plot and at the same time to manage the process of irrigation and replenishing plant nutrients.
According to our collocutor remote control irrigation system is a new product on Serbian market. It is a remote and programmable system who can be easily adjusted according to the buyer`s wishes.
The land plot should preferably have electricity and cellular network range and those are only requirements needed to use the system.– The greatest benefit for the user is that in only several clicks they can programme their irrigation process and all the parameter relevant to their land plot are at their disposal. That is how an important part of the process is automatized without having to be plot, Lazar pointed out and added that the basic idea here was to make the management of irrigation systems more economic. The main goal for Serbia is to “ improve the irrigation systems, optimize and reduce water consumption which will in turn save time and money and increase production.”