Field Notes

Dispatches from the farmland.

Honest field notes, post-mortems, and data from FieldLoop's work with Nigerian farmers — written by the people doing it.

Sunlit Nigerian farmland with tomatoes drying in crates

Featured · Storage

18 June 2026 · 1 min read

How Smart Storage Cuts Post-Harvest Losses From 40% to 5%

Nigerian farmers lose nearly half of every harvest before it reaches a market. Solar cold rooms, humidity sensors, and AI-driven dispatch flip that math.

Moshood Olamilekan Jaiyeola

Drones Are Quietly Doubling Cassava Yields in Ogun State

Multispectral imagery, weekly crop diagnostics, and tight feedback loops are letting smallholders out-produce industrial farms with a fraction of the inputs.

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Close-up of soil moisture sensor in dark fertile soil

IoT

22 May 2026 · 1 min

What an IoT Soil Sensor Actually Pays Back in a Season

A line-by-line breakdown of water saved, fertilizer not wasted, and yield gained. The number surprised our own engineers.

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Vibrant red tomatoes at an open-air Lagos market

9 May 2026 · 1 min

Selling Tomatoes on the Right Day: AI Market Timing, Explained

Price swings of 300% in 72 hours are normal in Mile 12. Here is how we forecast them and what farmers do with the signal.

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Two farmers inspecting crops in a wide field at golden hour

Stories

27 April 2026 · 1 min

From Pilot to 50 Farms: What We Got Wrong Along the Way

An honest field journal. The sensor we had to redesign three times, the cold room that overheated, and the farmer who taught us about trust.

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Irrigation sprinklers in a green field under dramatic sky

Climate

12 April 2026 · 1 min

Designing Irrigation That Survives a Climate-Volatile Decade

Rainfall in southwest Nigeria has become unrecognizable. The irrigation playbook from 2015 needs a full rewrite — here is ours.

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