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.
Prototype project models
Low-cost community models for training, inclusion, and practical implementation
EarthGuard is an early-stage initiative. These models are being developed for co-design, learning, and partner-supported pilots; they are not presented as completed projects or proven impact.
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.
One project, one hub
Each project has one accountable hub, a defined delivery team, and its own outcomes. Cross-hub support does not create duplicate projects.
Hub 01
Climate-Smart Agriculture Hub
Owns crop-production and farmer-learning projects. Research tools and energy systems may support delivery, but the projects remain managed here.
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.
Hub 02
Clean Energy and Water Infrastructure Hub
Owns physical energy, water, pumping, drying, automation, and maintenance projects for community infrastructure.
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.
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.
Hub 03
Research, Data, and Innovation Hub
Owns evidence and decision-support projects. Its role is analysis, trials, monitoring, and guidance rather than operating agriculture or infrastructure projects.
Hub 04
Restoration, Circular Economy, and Livelihoods Hub
Owns environmental restoration, waste recovery, gender equality, enterprise, and inclusive leadership projects.
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.
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.
Hub 05
Aquaculture and SmartFishAI Hub
Owns fish-production and integrated aquatic-food projects, including water quality, feeding, health, harvest, preservation, and blue-food markets.
SmartFishAI prototype
SmartFishAI blue food platform
A blue-food intelligence prototype for ponds, cages, and raised tanks that connects water telemetry with harvest records, fish value addition, preservation, 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 hygienic fish handling, solar drying, cold storage, packaged products, and sensor-backed provenance for buyers 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.