{"id":1018,"date":"2025-06-08T18:30:57","date_gmt":"2025-06-08T18:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mitesp.com\/millionpathsfoundation\/?p=1018"},"modified":"2025-06-08T18:34:23","modified_gmt":"2025-06-08T18:34:23","slug":"mpf-honored-with-undp-innovation-award-for-iot-smart-irrigation-pilot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mitesp.com\/millionpathsfoundation\/news\/mpf-honored-with-undp-innovation-award-for-iot-smart-irrigation-pilot\/","title":{"rendered":"MPF Honored with UNDP Innovation Award for IoT Smart Irrigation Pilot"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1018\" class=\"elementor elementor-1018\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c8b21f e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7c8b21f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bda9795 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bda9795\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Date:<\/strong> April 28, 2025<br \/><strong>Location:<\/strong> New York City &amp; Colombo (Virtual Ceremony)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><br \/> At the United Nations Headquarters on April 28, 2025, the MillionPaths Foundation received the UNDP &ldquo;SDG Innovation Award&rdquo; for its pioneering IoT-Enabled Smart Irrigation &amp; Weather Network pilot in Anuradhapura District. The award recognizes projects demonstrating scalable technology for climate-resilient agriculture.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Project Highlights<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n\t<li>\n\t\t<p><strong>Sensor Network:<\/strong> Deployed 50 soil-moisture probes and 6 weather stations, feeding real-time data into an open-source dashboard.<\/p>\n\t<\/li>\n\t<li>\n\t\t<p><strong>Water Savings:<\/strong> Achieved a <strong>20%<\/strong> reduction in cumulative water usage over three cropping cycles.<\/p>\n\t<\/li>\n\t<li>\n\t\t<p><strong>Yield Improvements:<\/strong> Participating farmers reported an average <strong>15%<\/strong> increase in groundnut and chili productivity.<\/p>\n\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Why It Matters<\/strong><br \/> This accolade underscores how low-cost, community-driven technology can help smallholder farmers adapt to climate variability, conserve scarce water resources, and boost livelihoods in Sri Lanka&rsquo;s dry zones.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n\t<p>&ldquo;Winning the UNDP award validates our belief that grassroots innovation can deliver global impact&mdash;this is just the beginning.&rdquo;<br \/> &mdash; Dr. Anjali Fernando, Head of Tech Innovation, MPF<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Date: April 28, 2025Location: New York City &amp; Colombo (Virtual Ceremony) Overview At the United Nations Headquarters on April 28, 2025, the MillionPaths Foundation received the UNDP &ldquo;SDG Innovation Award&rdquo; for its pioneering IoT-Enabled Smart Irrigation &amp; Weather Network pilot in Anuradhapura District. The award recognizes projects demonstrating scalable technology for climate-resilient agriculture. Project Highlights Sensor Network: Deployed 50 soil-moisture probes and 6 weather stations, feeding real-time data into an open-source dashboard. Water Savings: Achieved a 20% reduction in cumulative water usage over three cropping cycles. Yield Improvements: Participating farmers reported an average 15% increase in groundnut and chili productivity. Why It Matters This accolade underscores how low-cost, community-driven technology can help smallholder farmers adapt to climate variability, conserve scarce water resources, and boost livelihoods in Sri Lanka&rsquo;s dry zones. &ldquo;Winning the UNDP award validates our belief that grassroots innovation can deliver global impact&mdash;this is just the beginning.&rdquo; &mdash; Dr. Anjali Fernando, Head of Tech Innovation, MPF<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1019,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mitesp.com\/millionpathsfoundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mitesp.com\/millionpathsfoundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mitesp.com\/millionpathsfoundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mitesp.com\/millionpathsfoundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mitesp.com\/millionpathsfoundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1018"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mitesp.com\/millionpathsfoundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1018\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mitesp.com\/millionpathsfoundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mitesp.com\/millionpathsfoundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mitesp.com\/millionpathsfoundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mitesp.com\/millionpathsfoundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}