Industry
Agriculture
Field by field crop health, planted area, flood and drought risk for out grower programmes, lenders, insurers and large farms across the savanna and the south.
Fields monitored
212,000exampleHectares
1.4munder weekly watchAlert to visit
3 daysaverage, exampleWhat you get
Everything in the box
Planted area
Confirm what was planted and where, for input loans.
Crop health
Spot stress early and send extension officers where they matter.
Yield estimate
Season forecasts by local government area.
Index insurance
Rainfall and vegetation triggers for crop insurance payouts.
Farmer connectivity
Broadband at aggregation centres and warehouses.
Tractor tracking
Trackers on shared tractors and harvesters.
Built from
The services behind it
Earth observation
Fresh satellite imagery of any site in Africa, from 50 cm detail for a single estate to wide area mosaics for a whole state, tasked from Ilorin and delivered to your console..
Orbitra Insight analytics
Turn imagery into answers: crop health by field, flood extent by ward, new buildings by street and pipeline encroachment by kilometre, as maps, dashboards and weekly reports..
Satellite broadband
Fast, steady internet anywhere the fibre stops: rural schools, clinics, farms, mining camps and bank branches, with a terminal installed by our own engineers in five working days..
How a project starts
Four weeks to live
- Week 1
Workshop
We agree the questions and the area with your team.
- Week 2
Baseline
Archive imagery and a first map of today.
- Week 3
Pilot
Alerts or connectivity at a first group of sites.
- Week 4
Roll out
The full area, with training in Ilorin or on site.
We approved input loans for 3,200 farmers in Kwara and Niger states on satellite planted area alone.
Questions
Agriculture, answered
Can you see smallholder plots?
Yes. At 50 cm, plots of a quarter hectare are clear. Health indices work best from about half a hectare.
Do farmers need smartphones?
No. Extension officers use the app; farmers can get SMS alerts in English, Hausa, Yoruba or Pidgin.
Which crops do you model?
Maize, rice, sorghum, cassava, soybean, cocoa and oil palm.
Talk to us about agriculture
A 30 minute call with an engineer, and a free recent image of your site.