Crisis and emergency broadcast automation

Purpose

1.1. Deliver urgent communications during crop emergencies such as disease outbreaks, weather threats, pest infestations, and critical machinery breakdowns.
1.2. Enable immediate multi-channel notification to farm workers, suppliers, stakeholders, and emergency services.
1.3. Automate escalation and status tracking of responses to minimize farm disruptions and yield loss.
1.4. Archive alerts and responses for regulatory compliance and post-incident analysis.

Trigger Conditions

2.1. Real-time sensor detection of abnormal soil moisture, temperature, or pest presence.
2.2. External weather alert APIs indicating severe conditions (e.g., frost, hail).
2.3. Manual trigger from field staff via mobile form or dashboard.
2.4. Integration from farm management ERP indicating inventory or asset distress.

Platform Variants

3.1. Twilio (SMS/Voice)
• API: Messages (send SMS)/Calls (place voice broadcast)
• Configure: Set recipient numbers → Compose emergency template → Insert dynamic parameters.

3.2. SendGrid
• API: Mail Send API
• Configure: Set recipient groups → Upload emergency email template → Map dynamic subject/body.

3.3. Slack
• API: chat.postMessage
• Configure: Webhook or Bot Token → Target #alert channel → Dynamic incident message.

3.4. Microsoft Teams
• API: channelMessages/send
• Configure: Register Bot → Designate channel/team → Format rich card alert.

3.5. Telegram
• Bot API: sendMessage
• Configure: Bot Token → Chat IDs list for group or broadcast → Message body.

3.6. WhatsApp (Cloud API)
• API: messages endpoint
• Configure: Access token → Map recipient phone numbers → Template message ID.

3.7. Pushover
• API: Messages endpoint
• Configure: User/group key → Emergency priority flag → Title and alert text.

3.8. PagerDuty
• API: Events v2
• Configure: Routing key → Event action ‘trigger’ → Incident description.

3.9. Opsgenie
• API: Create Alert
• Configure: API key → Team escalation policies → Custom payload.

3.10. OneSignal
• API: Create Notification
• Configure: App ID → Audience segments → Urgency flag.

3.11. Firebase Cloud Messaging
• API: send
• Configure: Device registration tokens → Notification payload → Priority high.

3.12. Mailgun
• API: /messages
• Configure: Mailing list → Subject: “Crop Alert” → HTML body.

3.13. RingCentral
• API: SMS/Glip Message
• Configure: API token → Contact group → Message template.

3.14. SignalWire
• API: SMS/Voice endpoints
• Configure: Project ID → From/To Number → Alert text or TTS call.

3.15. Discord
• API: Webhook send
• Configure: Webhook URL → Alert content → Embed or mention roles.

3.16. Webex
• API: Messages endpoint
• Configure: Auth token → Target space → Content body.

3.17. Zoom Chat
• API: chat.messages
• Configure: JWT → Channel ID → Message subject/body.

3.18. Amazon SNS
• API: Publish
• Configure: Topic ARN → Message → Notification type SMS/email.

3.19. Google Chat
• API: spaces.messages.create
• Configure: Bot or webhook → Room ID → Alert markdown/text.

3.20. Mattermost
• API: posts/create
• Configure: Channel ID → Alert message → File attachments (optional).

Benefits

4.1. Reduces time to notify all relevant farm personnel in urgent events.
4.2. Ensures message delivery redundancy via multi-channel approach.
4.3. Minimizes operational losses by triggering rapid coordinated responses.
4.4. Archives communication for audits and performance evaluation.
4.5. Improves overall farm resilience to unforeseen crises.