Free Access To EOSDA Crop Monitoring For Ukrainian Farmers

Ukrainian farmers and agribusinesses will receive free access to EOSDA Crop Monitoring for 3 months for an area of up to 500 hectares.

If farmers and agrarians understand that they need more hectares for monitoring, they can add that information in an application form. Our managers will process those requests separately.

Kateryna Lozko

Head of Customer Success at EOS Data Analytics

After receiving the application, EOSDA specialists will give registered farmers and agribusinesses access to all platform functions, send a user guide, and provide them with all necessary advice on using the platform.

EOSDA Crop Monitoring is a platform and a toolkit that allows users to monitor the state of crops, clearly determine the stages of vegetation, and highlight the smallest changes. Vegetation and productivity maps allow the detection of such anomalies as pests, weeds, water deficiency, etc., and the adoption of the appropriate decisions. Disease risk analysis gives farmers an opportunity to foresight some plant diseases and take timely measures to preserve the harvest. The Weather function, covering both historical data and 14-day forecasts, allows for better planning of fieldwork. Scouting helps owners dispatch scouts who check data on the spot and add information about the specific locations on the field, saving farmers time and money. That data is useful throughout the sowing period.

Ukrainian farmers suffer daily, completing their regular tasks close to the front line ^{(February 21, 2024). Along Frontline Farms, Two Years of War Tests Ukraine’s Economic Resilience. Mercy Corps.}. They experience shelling, mined fields, and drone attacks. Those who farm farther from the direct fire reach deal with the overall cascading effect on the market and constant logistics risks caused by the war. And as the war rages on, more and more crops are in danger of elimination. It is estimated that an entire loss of Ukraine’s agricultural produce could lead to up to 89% global loss in sunflower oil and 85% in maize ^{Alena Kuzub (June 23, 2023). How the annihilation of Ukraine’s agricultural production affects the world, according to a new network model. Northeastern Global News.}. In those scarce and uncertain conditions, farmers require tools to ensure better accuracy and safety of their day-to-day operations, simultaneously making their business more sustainable.

Validating information from the field with satellite data allows farmers to make more effective decisions and prevent unwanted crop problems in 2024 and beyond. Therefore, farmers can monitor fields from any location, predict future harvests, adjust fertilizer rates, and thus save resources.