Crop Monitoring

Crop Monitoring is an agricultural monitoring service from EDGE-Pro, an Egyptian remote sensing, GIS and photogrammetry company. It addresses the difficulty of following crop condition and input needs across large agricultural areas; the provider presents periodic satellite monitoring as a cheaper alternative to field sensors for big fields.

The service follows crop health from preseason to harvest using remote sensing and the spectral footprint of crops, with periodic satellite images used to check crop condition and identify what each crop needs at each stage of growth. Results are delivered as crop thematic maps, including periodic parcel maps. The provider's sample output is a parcel-level crop-type map (for example corn, orange trees, carrot and cabbage) drawn over a satellite image.

According to EDGE-Pro, the thematic maps support:

• Crop productivity and health monitoring across the growing season
• Fertiliser and pesticide planning, including directing subsidised inputs to affected areas
• Crop-type classification and monitoring of strategic crop areas
• Disease monitoring using AI remote sensing techniques
• Water management planning, including water consumption per crop

The provider states the service can be run across any region and season. It is ordered by contacting EDGE-Pro directly.