What each model solves
Each project responds to a concrete community need such as food losses, unreliable water, low income, energy cost, waste pollution, or climate stress.
Project models
Practical projects designed for training, income, resilience, and replication
These project models can be adapted for farmer groups, schools, youth groups, women groups, gender equality initiatives, local institutions, and partner-funded community programs.
Project information
How EarthGuard project models are shaped
Where projects fit
Models can be adapted for farms, schools, youth centers, women groups, gender equality programs, water points, training sites, community nurseries, and partner demonstration areas.
What partners can track
Training attendance, inputs, outputs, maintenance needs, lessons, photos, cost assumptions, field data, and outcomes for reporting.
How learning expands
Successful pilots can become replication toolkits, partner-funded programs, school models, county-level interventions, or community enterprises.
SmartFarm prototype
AI climate-smart farming platform
A SmartFarm prototype for smallholder fields that connects soil sensors, NoIR crop images, weather and satellite signals, irrigation and fertigation automation, market intelligence, and digital product passports.
- Scores crop and flower fit using soil moisture, pH, temperature, rotation value, and market risk.
- Generates irrigation, fertigation, pest and disease, drought, and harvest-preparation advisories through dashboards and SMS-style alerts.
- Supports secure harvest batch identity, buyer readiness, market timing, and human approval before high-risk actions.
Food security
Demonstration farms
Hands-on learning sites for climate-smart crop production, irrigation, organic practices, seedling production, soil conservation, and post-harvest handling.
- Trains farmers and schools through practical field days.
- Tracks crop performance, water use, soil condition, and adoption.
- Can host AI/GIS soil guidance and value-addition trials.
Soil intelligence
AI soil health mapping
Localised AI, GIS, and soil science tools that turn field observations, soil data, and maps into practical soil health guidance for farmers.
- Supports soil sampling, farm mapping, and fertility recommendations.
- Helps farmers choose crops, amendments, and water strategies.
- Produces dashboards and reports for partners and extension teams.
Value addition
Solar drying hubs
Solar drying systems for maize, fruits, vegetables, herbs, and fish to reduce post-harvest losses and improve market value.
- Creates training sites for hygiene, packaging, storage, and marketing.
- Uses renewable energy to reduce spoilage and drying costs.
- Tracks volumes dried, income changes, and product quality.
SmartFishAI prototype
SmartFishAI blue food platform
A blue-food intelligence prototype for ponds, cages, and raised tanks that links water telemetry, fish stock records, feeding events, harvest batches, digital product passports, market matching, and sustainability reporting.
- Monitors temperature, dissolved oxygen, pH, salinity, turbidity, ammonia, and water level for early risk alerts.
- Forecasts disease risk, oxygen crashes, feeding needs, biomass, climate stress, harvest timing, and buyer readiness.
- Supports Nile tilapia, African catfish, Nile perch, and mudfish profiles with sensor-backed provenance for buyers, regulators, and consumers.
Integrated production
Aquaponics units
Integrated fish and vegetable production systems that use land and water efficiently while supporting youth and women-led enterprises.
- Combines fish tanks, vegetable beds, nutrient recycling, and water-use efficiency.
- Links fish production with vegetables, nutrition, and income.
- Monitors water quality, plant performance, harvests, and sales.
Climate action
Tree nurseries and catchment protection
Community nurseries, school environmental clubs, agroforestry, tree planting, water catchment area management, and forest-region protection.
- Builds local nursery skills and seedling distribution systems.
- Supports restoration of degraded catchments and school greening.
- Tracks tree survival, soil erosion risks, and community participation.
Circular economy
Waste management and recycling
Community cleanups, waste sorting, recycling awareness, school campaigns, and circular-economy initiatives that reduce pollution.
- Creates school and community waste-sorting routines.
- Supports recycling partnerships, cleanup days, and awareness drives.
- Measures waste collected, participation, and local behavior change.
Clean energy
Clean cooking, solar skills, and energy modeling
Clean cooking, biogas, solar installation training, maintenance skills, youth entrepreneurship, and energy modeling for right-sized systems.
- Builds green technical skills for youth and community groups.
- Models solar pumps, dryers, clean cooking, and energy demand.
- Tracks energy savings, maintenance needs, and user adoption.
Water access
Borehole and solar water systems
Borehole drilling, solar pumping, automated water controls, rainwater harvesting, storage, drip irrigation, and water conservation projects.
- Supports water access for households, farms, schools, and groups.
- Includes automation for pumping, tank levels, and flow control.
- Tracks uptime, water use, maintenance, and community governance.
Gender equality
Inclusive livelihoods and leadership
Gender-responsive training models that help women, girls, youth, and vulnerable households access skills, leadership, finance, and green livelihoods.
- Supports savings groups, mentorship, enterprise training, and digital skills.
- Designs participation so women and girls have voice and access.
- Tracks attendance, leadership roles, income pathways, and inclusion.