How Satellites Are Making Agriculture More Efficient

Satyukt Analytics Pvt Ltd (Satyukt), an initiative by a pool of multidisciplinary technical professionals teamed up to deliver earth observation data at your doorstep. We have learned diverse agricultural challenges across the globe and believe the R&D of geospatial tools and technologies can successfully face them. But geospatial tools and technologies cannot be successful if the collected data is not correct and analyzed and applied effectively. To achieve this, we have built a team which comprises technical professionals and advisors who have vast scientific experience gathered over decades in India and abroad. Our team’s priority is to give a high-value, data-driven unmatched research solution, unique to the clients’ needs. We have been providing remote sensing consulting and monitoring services to a wide range of public and commercial stakeholders of agriculture, crop insurance, water resources, and environment sectors.

At Satyukt we see a combination of multiple satellites as a way to address different agricultural applications at a farm-to-farm scale. To improve revisit time (temporal resolution) we combine multiple satellites. Satellites provide a perfect way to scale data acquisition process with systematic monitoring of land on a large scale.

Multiple Satellites = Multiple Sensors = Better Pixels = Higher Spatiotemporal

Benefits of using satellites for field monitoring

Satellite data comprises signals sent by crops, soil and more, through wavelengths of light. Processing satellite images can let us know If crops and soil are facing any problems because of the change in climate and weather. With this information, one can estimate variables like soil moisture, vegetation indices, evapotranspiration and so on. And with this satellite estimated data, farmers can put favorable management techniques in place to ensure to minimize the inputs, maximize the outputs, and eliminate waste.

Crop Health Monitoring (based on vegetation indices)

Satellite estimated vegetation indices (e.g. NDVI, EVI… etc) data provide information about the health of crops. These indices look at various wavelengths of light, both visible and nonvisible, to make calculations. These indices allow farmers to detect non-performing areas, assess the crop health and strength, and detect crop variability within their farms.

Yield Monitoring and Forecasting

Farmers can make better decisions on when to harvest, plan next season and fertilization, analyze field variability, and many other things based on the yield and forecasting information processed from satellite imageries.

Optimize Irrigation

Crops need the right amount of water to flourish, and anything extra is a waste and potentially harmful to the crops. With satellite-estimated soil moisture and evapotranspiration data, farmers can take a site-specific decision regarding watering schedules to make sure all crops are getting the right amount of water.

Satyukt has developed proprietary algorithms to provide an all-weather, higher granularity, multi-temporal, near real-time multi-scale data and analytic solutions. These tools combine multiple satellites data with greater precision to give an output of superior accuracy, resolution, and frequency. We have tested and validated the output of these tools which are far better compared to traditional ones in India and abroad. The service offered by us are: