Precision Agriculture & NDVI Mapping

Multispectral drone surveys that map crop health, soil variability and irrigation performance — so agronomists and farm managers act on data, not guesswork.

See the field the way the crop sees it

The human eye sees green and calls it healthy. A multispectral sensor sees five or more bands and tells you where stress is building before the canopy shows it. We fly multispectral payloads over farms, estates and research plots, then process the imagery into vegetation indices — NDVI, NDRE, GNDVI — that map crop vigour, nutrient status and water stress at sub-metre resolution.

The output feeds directly into agronomic decisions: variable-rate fertiliser application, irrigation scheduling, pest scouting priorities and yield forecasting. We work with commercial farms, horticultural estates, tea and coffee plantations, research institutions and agricultural lenders across Kenya.

NDVI vegetation index map from multispectral drone survey

What you receive

Data that talks to your agronomist, not just your GIS team.

Vegetation index maps

NDVI, NDRE, GNDVI and custom index maps showing crop vigour, stress zones and variability across the field.

Crop health reports

Annotated maps and zone summaries that highlight where intervention is needed — nutrition, water, pest scouting — with enough context for the farm manager.

Orthomosaic and RGB base maps

A georeferenced visual base of the farm — useful for field boundary mapping, infrastructure planning and communication with landowners.

Time-series monitoring

Repeat flights turned into a temporal record of crop development — track vigour trends, compare seasons and correlate with yield data.

How a precision agriculture survey runs

Timing matters. We plan flights around growth stage, weather and the agronomic question being asked.

01
Crop and question scoping
What crop, what growth stage, what decision the data needs to support — fertiliser, irrigation, pest management, yield.
02
Multispectral flight
Flights are timed to the crop calendar and weather. The multispectral payload captures visible and near-infrared bands at sub-metre resolution.
03
Index processing
Imagery is calibrated, stitched and processed into vegetation indices. Zones of stress, vigour and variability are identified.
04
Agronomic handover
Maps and reports are delivered in formats the farm team can act on — printed zone maps, GeoTIFFs for precision application equipment, or dashboards for management.

Where it pays back

Any crop, any scale — from a 10-acre trial plot to a 5,000-acre estate.

Commercial farming and horticulture

Crop health monitoring, variable-rate input planning and yield prediction for large-scale and export-oriented farms.

Tea, coffee and plantation crops

Canopy health assessment, replanting planning, irrigation efficiency and estate management.

Agricultural lending and insurance

Independent crop condition data for lenders, insurers and development programmes that need evidence of crop status.

Data that reaches the field, not just the office

The best vegetation index map is useless if the farm manager can't act on it. We deliver outputs that speak the agronomist's language — zones, priorities and actionable summaries.

Precision agriculture — questions from farm managers

Quick answers on what the technology does and what it costs to get started.

What is NDVI and what does it tell me?

NDVI — Normalised Difference Vegetation Index — is a ratio of reflected near-infrared to red light. Healthy, photosynthetically active vegetation reflects strongly in near-infrared and absorbs red, so the index is high. Stressed, sparse or dead vegetation shows a lower value. We map this across your field so you see exactly where the crop is thriving and where it isn't.

What crops can you survey?

Anything with a canopy — maize, wheat, rice, tea, coffee, sugarcane, horticultural crops, fruit orchards, timber plantations. The sensor doesn't care what the crop is; the interpretation layer changes depending on the species and growth stage.

How often should I fly?

It depends on the crop and the decision cycle. Annual crops might warrant two to four flights per season — early establishment, mid-season and pre-harvest. Perennial crops like tea or coffee often benefit from quarterly monitoring. We design the flight schedule around your agronomic calendar.

Can you integrate with precision application equipment?

Yes. We export zone maps as shapefiles or GeoTIFFs that feed directly into variable-rate application controllers for fertiliser spreaders, sprayers and irrigation systems. If your equipment supports prescription maps, the data flows in.