Artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled chip and sensor technology, mobile application mapping veterinary services, and drones fitted with thermal sensing, are transforming the way livestock farmers monitor and protect their animals.
In Uganda, a new technology is embracing AI and machine learning to detect livestock diseases 2 days before they manifest, connect farmers to veterinary officers remotely and monitor animal movement to avert theft. The innovation, dubbed Jaguza Luganda, constitutes a chip with a sensor that is connected to a radio-frequency identification (RFID) reader, and to users’ mobile phones or computers. Since 2016, 18,000 Jaguza chips have been installed.
