Your plants signal when they need water. Soil moisture sensors and evapotranspiration models make that signal audible — so you irrigate precisely, cut waste, and protect yield.
Four steps from sensor signal to irrigation decision — fully automated, with no internet required at the field level.
Soil sensors buried at root depth measure volumetric water content every 15 minutes — capturing real conditions under your specific crop and soil type.
The weather station records temperature, humidity, solar radiation and wind speed — the four variables in the Penman-Monteith evapotranspiration equation. How much water your crop is using right now.
Our platform cross-references current moisture against the crop's water stress threshold (different for maize vs. potatoes vs. tomatoes). When soil moisture minus ET demand drops below trigger — an action is generated.
You receive a message on any phone — no smartphone app needed. It includes timing, the recommended irrigation depth in mm, and which zones to prioritise. Act on it or schedule your system.
Irrigation optimisation is driven by soil moisture data and weather data working together. One without the other is guesswork.
Buried at root depth. Measures the water content your crop actually experiences — not the surface, not a forecast.
Solar-powered. Records the four parameters that drive evapotranspiration — so the model knows not just how wet the soil is, but how fast it's drying out.
Both sensors transmit over LoRaWAN — no SIM card at the sensor, no Wi-Fi required. One gateway covers up to 15 km. Your data moves even in remote fields.
Most Kenyan farmers irrigate on a fixed schedule — morning and evening, regardless of what the soil actually needs. That wastes water, causes root disease, and drives up electricity and fuel bills.
By irrigating on demand instead of schedule, most farms reduce total water volume by 20–30% while maintaining or improving yield.
Over-watering leaches nutrients and invites fungal root disease. Under-watering at stress-sensitive growth stages cuts yield by 20–40%. Sensors eliminate both.
Weather data tells you ET rate by hour. Irrigating during low-ET windows (early morning) maximises uptake and reduces evaporation loss by up to 15%.
Maize is highly sensitive to water stress at flowering and grain-fill. Sensors identify stress windows even when rain has recently fallen — protecting the highest-value growth stages.
Stress window detectionUneven irrigation during tuber initiation causes hollow heart and knobby tubers. Consistent soil moisture within the optimal 50–70% field capacity range is the single biggest quality lever.
Quality controlFor farmers with drip systems, soil sensors become the trigger. Run your pump only when the sensor signals need — eliminating both guesswork and the cost of irrigation timer errors.
Drip irrigation triggerA soil sensor buried in your field and a weather station at the edge is all it takes. We configure the thresholds for your crop and soil type — you get alerts on your phone.