# Why are we building SmartFarmingData?

Its not about the planet that we are concerned about. Its about us, Humans and our future.

Planet earth is a home to homosapiens and many other living beings. Its a great place to be. But there is so much bad news about the planet these days is overwhelming. We are heading to a state of paralysis. The truth is, we all have given up. The odds are so are you!

What if there is another path?

Smartfarming data is a source or an idea to another solution to keep our planet alive, and that solution is right under our feet, its called Soil.

And due to its vast scale and its ability to sequester immense amount of GHG, it could replenish the water resources, it could be just the one thing that could balance the planet and feed us on the planet.

That's why many scientists all over the world are rushing towards saving the soil, because, one day, it could save us.

We need to farm like Nature. The more we farm like nature, the health of the soil improves and more profits we make, more healthier we will be.

#### Carbon is life.
Carbon is everything we are, we eat and perhaps also it defines who we will be, or how healthy or longer we will live.
This Carbon is now challenged due to industrial agricultural practices and most importantly the carbon has a property which forms the very system our planet operates in.

Many scientists are now trying to understand what keeps the system of our planet in the balance breaking which would bring an end to not just the planet but everyone on it.

It occurs to them that it all starts with *Measurement* of the various aspects of the planet and that is where *we* come in.

SmartFarmingData.com is a suite of APIs for natural integration of satellite images, remote sensing data, data driven analytics and forecasts to agricultural applications and machine learning.

We track Soil, Weather, Vegetation, Land use, plantation itself (using remote sensing or onground sensing) and many factors that affect a farm's productivity, primarily due to the impact of industralised agricultural practices and global warming

#### Problems we are looking to solve:
* Reduced soil productivity due to mismanaged water supply, fertilization and climate change
* Importance to learn about the capacity of soil to promote the growth of plants; protect watersheds by regulating the infiltration and partitioning of precipitation
* Reduced yield due to various reasons related to soil nutrition, quality, global warming, heavy rainfall, drought, etc.,
* Loss of quality crop and hence income
* Climate change as the biggest risk that agriculturists now see it on a daily basis

#### Why Soil
Soils have important direct and indirect impacts on agricultural productivity, water quality, and the global climate. Soils make it possible for plants to grow by mediating the biological, chemical, and physical processes that supply plants with nutrients, water, and other elements there are lot more problems we address. If we could track it, measure it, visualize, predict and take care of it, we could improve pretty much every fabric of our planet's system.

It is that in uncertainty the best solutions are born and we strongly believe SmartFarmingData is one such solution that could help hundreds of thousands of hectares of farmed land improve their yeild, capture carbon and in the process make the planet habitable, slow down the warming process if not mitigate the risk of climate change completely.

Product Features
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It all boils down to basically 3 main parts.
1. Satellite imagery API
Through a very simple API, users can get panchromatic multi-spectrum images of the crop for the most recent day or any day / days in history that applies NDVI, EVI, UVI, True color, false color, thermal and other data to power any data / AI driven technology to agriculture applications

2. Agro Weather API
This is repackaged Weather + Soil moisture + min max, average, solar radiance and other agri useful data from Ambee APIs
Combining the power of weather parameters like Temperature, Precipitation (rainfall), humidity and others along with a near real time volumetric soil moisture and surface temperature it can improve yield predictions, automate irrigation to fostering better management of water table, improved soil quality and lots more.

3. Live Visualization, Analysis & Forecast tool
Visualise your land on a simple drawable, interactive map that applies the latest high resolution of your farms satellite image over a polygon and see data on soil, soil moisture, crop condition, pest, weather parameters, forecast of weather, and plenty more. We combine multiple satellite images to help solve most of farming decision making and make daily tasks more effective.


Note: Onground Sensors are optional to the user. The initial versions will not have onground sensors outside of India to start with.

So basically it combines NDVI, eVI, UVI Sat images + Soil data + Weather data, gives it in the form of API or a dashboard. History (upto 40 years), latest + forecast (upto 12 months). Its all there! Really! This data alone can work magic.


Use Cases that we will cater to:
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* Monitoring of soil moisture behavior helps understand water supply, crop management, moisture consumption, correlation with weather etc.,
* Better Fertilizing will assist in high quality + uniform Yield
* Better water table management
* Monitoring the effects of farm, ranch, or forest activities on soil productivity
* Realtime conducting observations on soil stability, moisture retention or drainage, sustainability, and environmental impact
* Combining Soil + Weather, plenty of ways to improve yield
* Battle Climate change
* Improved soil productivity (avoid over fertilize, under fertilize, early yield, delayed yield etc.,)

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