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VFL-EXP-2026-001
Nursery Intelligence Monitor
Greenhouse · Bell Pepper · Tomato · Ginger
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Phase 1 milestone
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Brief & thresholds
Phase 1 milestones7 weeks
1
Brief & thresholds
Week 1 · In progress
Register VFL-EXP-2026-001
Define crop thresholds
Source hardware components
Dashboard integration audit
2
Build & bench test
Weeks 2–3
3
Deploy & monitor
Weeks 4–6
4
Close & report
Week 7
What we're building
VFL-EXP-2026-001
Nursery Intelligence Monitor
Single ESP32 node reading soil moisture, air temp, humidity and light inside the greenhouse. Live data feeds the 35-day nursery dashboard. First proprietary farm dataset.
Hardware cost
~₦15,000
Data cycle
35 days
Open source model
Attribution. Every contribution logged and credited to you permanently.
Revenue share. Commercialised products share revenue with contributors.
Grant co-authorship. Named co-investigator on AGRA, TEF, GIZ applications.
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VFL-EXP-2026-001 · Phase 1 Framework
Nursery Intelligence Monitor — Work Plan
7 weeks · 4 milestones · One sensor node · One greenhouse · One farm
Milestone 1 — Brief & thresholdsWeek 1 · In progress
Register VFL-EXP-2026-001 with hypothesis and success criteria
Research & Publications
Define ideal germination ranges for bell pepper (24–30°C), tomato, ginger
Agricultural Research
Source ESP32, DHT22, BH1750, capacitive moisture sensor
Hardware & IoT
Audit existing nursery dashboard — map sensor integration points
Data & AI
Milestone 2 — Build & bench testWeeks 2–3
Assemble sensor node and wire all four sensors
Hardware & IoT
Configure WiFi transmission to data endpoint
Hardware & IoT
Build data ingestion layer and connect to dashboard charts
Data & AI
Implement WhatsApp and email alert logic for threshold breaches
Data & AI
Bench validation — compare readings against calibrated reference
HW & IoT + Agri Research
Milestone 3 — Deploy & monitorWeeks 4–6
Install sensor node inside greenhouse — confirm live transmission
Hardware & IoT
Nursery dashboard goes live on real sensor data
Data & AI
35-day monitoring cycle begins — daily germination observation
Agricultural Research
Day 17 onsite validation visit — clean sensors, check readings
HW & IoT + Agri Research
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Milestone 4 — Close & reportWeek 7
Pull full 35-day dataset and back up to Labs repository
Data & AI
Germination analysis — correlate sensor data with plant outcomes
Agricultural Research
Write VFL-EXP-2026-001 final experiment report
Research & Publications
Identify 2–3 grant opportunities and prepare one-page pitch
Research & Publications
Labs Review presentation to Lab Director — graduate or iterate decision
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Hardware & IoT
01Active
Design and build sensor systems, field devices, and IoT monitoring hardware from scratch. Phase 1 focus: ESP32 nursery sensor node.
Experiment: VFL-EXP-2026-001
Data & AI
02Active
Build data pipelines, analytics dashboards, AI models, and farm intelligence systems. Phase 1 focus: nursery dashboard sensor integration.
Experiment: VFL-EXP-2026-001
Agricultural Research
03Active
Run structured field trials, soil studies, and crop performance experiments on the Verde Field farm. Phase 1 focus: germination monitoring.
Experiment: VFL-EXP-2026-001
Research & Publications
04Active
Produce whitepapers, experiment reports, and grant applications. Phase 1 focus: experiment documentation and grant identification.
Experiment: VFL-EXP-2026-001
Medical & Phytochemical
05Cycle 2
Research on medicinal plants and agri by-products (palm waste, ginger extract, pepper residue) feeding into Verde Medicals.
Experiment: Opening Cycle 2
Technology & Engineering
06Cycle 2
Internal software systems, production-grade engineering, and automation tooling across Verde Field operations.
Experiment: Opening Cycle 2
Grant targets — Cycle 1
Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa
Precision farming tools and smallholder agricultural technology in sub-Saharan Africa.
Tony Elumelu Foundation
Agri-tech innovation, African food systems, and early-stage agricultural enterprise.
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit
Climate-smart agriculture, IoT deployment, and sustainable farming in West Africa.
Publications pipeline
VFL-EXP-2026-001 Final Report
Full experiment methodology, 35-day environmental dataset, germination correlation analysis, and recommendations. Filed internally and prepared for external publication at end of Phase 1.
Nursery IoT for Smallholder Farms — A West African Perspective
Research whitepaper based on Phase 1 findings. Targets agricultural technology journals and agri-tech grant bodies across Africa and Europe.
Phase 1 — Task ManagementClick status to cycle: next → active → done