Suriname + Caribbean agriculture technology startup

The Internet of Things platform for smarter farming.

Affordable connected infrastructure for tropical and Caribbean farms — with an intelligence and automation roadmap built from the field up.

Sense→Understand→Act
FarmWiz smart farming poster showing the connected control box, sensors, dashboard, and farm system
Working prototype
01Continuous
sensing
04Smarter
action
AffordableStart with what matters
ModularGrow without starting over
WirelessConnect the whole farm
ScalableFrom plot to operation

Welcome to FarmWiz

See the project in one short introduction.

Start here for an overview of FarmWiz, the connected farm platform, and the Future Caribbean intelligence layer.

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FarmWiz × Future Caribbean

What is FarmWiz?

Watch the welcome video to understand the project, the technology, and where the platform is going.

Welcome video

The opportunity

Farming still asks people to do too much by hand.

01

Manual & repetitive work

Checking field conditions, switching equipment, monitoring water, and repeating routine tasks take time and physical effort.

02

Decisions with limited data

Conditions change throughout the day, but farmers may only see a snapshot. Problems can surface after productivity is affected.

03

Technology out of reach

Smart-farming systems can be expensive, fragmented, or difficult to deploy when a farm needs a practical place to start.

One connected platform

From physical farm to intelligent action.

FarmWiz combines modular wireless hardware and software so farmers can monitor, automate, and progressively add intelligence to their operations.

01

Sense

Wireless sensor nodes collect soil, water, and environmental data.

02

Connect

Data moves wirelessly through the FarmWiz system and cloud platform.

03

Understand

Dashboards and trends turn current readings into useful information.

04

Act

Connected actuators control pumps, lights, irrigation, and equipment.

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Automate

Connected controls already support the prototype; robotics remain on the future roadmap.

The ecosystem

Start small.
Expand as needed.

A farmer can begin with monitoring and expand into connected control, intelligence, and future robotics without replacing the core platform.

01

Field intelligence

Wireless sensor nodes

Soil temperature, pH, TDS/EC, and future environmental and crop sensors.

02

Connected control

Smart actuators

Pumps, irrigation, lighting, air pumps, and future equipment control.

03

Next development phase

FarmWiz intelligence

Sensor fusion, weather and crop context, historical analysis, and AI-assisted recommendations are under development.

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The next frontier

FarmBots + robotics

Robotic systems for repetitive, labor-intensive, and precision farm tasks.

FarmWiz poster showing the working sensor system

Built, not just imagined

A working system already demonstrates the core loop.

The current prototype connects wireless monitoring, cloud access, and remote equipment control in one system.

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    Wireless monitoringSoil temperature, pH, and TDS/EC nodes
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    Smart controlPumps, lights, irrigation, and air pumps
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    Scalable architectureAdditional sensors and control functions as needs grow

Monitor → Automate → Grow smarter

The FarmWiz technology roadmap

From connected farms to intelligent farms.

FarmWiz is built in layers. The IoT foundation connects the farm; the Future Caribbean intelligence layer turns that live context into guidance, conversation, and action.

01Current prototype

Connected farm infrastructure

Connected farm

The physical and digital foundation for intelligent farming.

  • Low-cost modular IoT sensor nodes
  • ESP32 field devices and wireless communication
  • pH, TDS/EC, soil and environmental temperature monitoring
  • Dashboards, smart switches, pumps, and irrigation control
02Future Caribbean layer

FarmWiz intelligence

Understand the farm in context

Three agents turn live farm data, crop-cycle information, and farmer input into practical support.

  • Crop profiles and suggested crop-cycle milestones
  • Actual progress tracking with deviation and delay visibility
  • Farm Chat across IoT readings and cycle information
  • Voice-to-command control for connected equipment
03Future development

Adaptive farm automation

Close the loop

A long-term architecture where recommendations can return to the physical farm, with safety limits and farmer control.

  • Sense → Understand → Decide → Act
  • Human-approved actions to begin
  • Switch box → pump → irrigation → new measurements
  • Adaptive recommendations as the system learns from results

Building intelligence from the field up

Physical farm + sensing + data + intelligence + automation + feedback.

FarmWiz is being developed from the physical farm upward — creating a continuous connection between real-world conditions, agricultural context, and compatible equipment. The goal is accessible precision agriculture for tropical and Caribbean farms, not technology that removes farmers from decision-making.

System architecture

One connected loop, from field signal to farm response.

01FieldpH · TDS/EC · temperature · environmental sensors
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02FarmWiz edge nodesDistributed sensing + wireless communication
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03Data platformReal-time + historical farm data
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04FarmWiz intelligenceWeather + crop context + sensor data + decision models
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05DecisionRecommendation · alert · human approval
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06AutomationSwitch box → pump → irrigation → compatible equipment
↺Feedback loopNew sensor readings return to FarmWiz intelligence

Future Caribbean × FarmWiz

Intelligence that speaks the language of the farm.

The IoT layer tells FarmWiz what is happening. These three agents help farmers plan the work, understand the situation, and take action through the same connected system.

FarmWiz flow connecting IoT tools, AI, dashboard information, recipes, and the crop cycle from preparation to harvest and recycling
The FarmWiz flow connects the physical tools, intelligence, dashboard, and crop recipes in one operating loop.

Future Caribbean presentation

Explore the project deck.

Browse the presentation inside the site for a closer look at the platform, intelligence layer, and farm vision.

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02Ask + understand

Farm Chat

Ask how the crop or farm is doing in plain language. Farm Chat brings together IoT readings, crop-cycle progress, and farmer observations for a grounded answer.

FarmerHow is the crop doing?FarmWizHere’s the current picture: progress, conditions, and anything that needs attention.
03Speak + act

Speech-to-Command Agent

Turn a spoken instruction into a controlled action. Commands can reach the switchbox or control hub and operate connected equipment.

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Example command“Turn the irrigation on for 3 seconds every 40 seconds.”Sent to the connected control system

The connected intelligence loop

See it. Ask it. Improve it. Control it.

View the Future Caribbean brief

Future Caribbean demonstrates how FarmWiz can move beyond dashboards: from sensing conditions to understanding crop context, supporting farmer decisions, and sending safe, precise commands back to the farm.

The vision

Move agriculture from manual and reactive to connected and increasingly adaptive.

FarmWiz aims to help farmers continuously sense conditions, interpret agricultural data, assist decisions, and control compatible equipment while keeping people in the loop.

TodayManual checksReactive decisions
With FarmWizContinuous sensingAutomated control
NextAI-assisted decisionsFarm robotics

Ready to grow smarter?

Let’s build the future of farming.

Tell us a little about your farm, project, or idea. The FarmWiz team will get back to you at the email address you provide.

FarmWiz Agriculture Technologyinfo@farmwiz.netSuriname + Caribbean

Built in Suriname. Designed for the Caribbean.

Technology that meets the realities of regional agriculture.

FarmWiz is designed around practical conditions across Suriname and the Caribbean: changing weather, coastal exposure, limited visibility between field checks, and the need for tools that are affordable to start and simple to expand.

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Climate and water variability

Heavy rainfall, dry periods, and changing field conditions make timely irrigation and monitoring decisions difficult.

02

Distance and manual checks

When farms and growing sites are spread out, frequent in-person checks consume time and make issues harder to catch early.

03

Access to practical tools

Farmers need technology that works with existing equipment, local knowledge, and realistic budgets - not another disconnected system.

See it in the field

Show the work behind the technology.

See the FarmWiz system and the Future Caribbean intelligence layer in action, from connected hardware to practical farm support.

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FarmWiz in the field

See the system in action.

Watch the FarmWiz field story and follow the connected farming journey.

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The next layer

From connected farms to farm-ready robotics.

FarmWiz is building toward practical FarmBots that take on repetitive work while the platform keeps the whole operation visible and connected.

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Autonomy layer

FarmBots + robotics

Future robotic systems for repetitive, labor-intensive, and precision farm tasks - built on the same Sense - Understand - Act loop.

Next / intelligence / autonomy
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FarmWiz marketplace

Farm stuff, in one place.

Explore the FarmWiz ecommerce platform for farm equipment, tools, and practical growing systems.

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The team

People building the next farm layer.

Julie Sundar

Co-founder / agriculture systems

Julie Sundar

Designing practical systems that help farms monitor more, automate more, and work smarter.

Theo Boomsma

Co-founder / technology

Theo Boomsma

Connecting hardware, software, and the intelligence layer behind the FarmWiz platform.

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