Satellite-Based Services

At the heart of WHY Super App is a mission to transform Sri Lanka’s agriculture with real-time, high-frequency satellite insights. Farmers, agronomists, and policymakers now have access to reliable, field-level information that supports better decisions — from planning the season to harvesting the crop.

With daily coverage from modern satellites, WHY brings you:

Broad-area monitoring across districts and provinces
Field-level detail to detect in-field variability
High revisit rates for up-to-date insights
Actionable intelligence at every stage of the crop cycle

Benefits of utilizing remote farm monitoring services by WHY

Ready-to-use vegetation indices for smarter agriculture decision-making

More efficient utilization of resources

Scalable analysis of field productivity, from farm to nation

Coverage of remote hard-to-reach farms

Soil Moisture Analytics

Water sustains life and agriculture — yet too little or too much can damage crops and livelihoods. While rainfall records provide a partial picture, soil moisture is the most reliable indicator of crop health, irrigation needs, and disaster risk.

Crop Classification

Understanding what crops are grown, where, and when is critical for ensuring food security, supporting farmers, and guiding national agricultural policy. Traditional surveys are slow, costly, and often outdated.

Field Boundary Detection

In Sri Lanka, most farms are smallholder plots managed at village and DS-division levels. Without accurate field boundary maps, it’s hard to track subsidies, manage irrigation, or monitor crop health. Manual surveys are slow, costly, and often inaccurate.

Crop Yield Prediction

Sri Lanka’s farmers face increasing uncertainty from shifting weather, rising costs, and climate change. Accurate, timely crop yield prediction is essential for:

Ensuring food security.
Planning subsidies and resource allocation.
Managing loans, insurance, and market supply chains.
Supporting exporters with reliable crop forecasts.

Benefits for Every Stakeholder

Satellite-powered intelligence creates value for everyone — enabling farmers to grow smarter, cooperatives to manage resources fairly, policymakers to plan with confidence, and businesses to build resilient supply chains.

Farmers

Farming in Sri Lanka is often challenged by unpredictable rains, high input costs, and limited access to information. With satellite-powered insights inside the WHY Super App:

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Irrigation Efficiency: Farmers know exactly when to irrigate and how much water to use, preventing crop stress from over- or under-watering.
Crop Choice Guidance: Historical soil moisture and yield data help farmers select crops that suit their land, increasing profitability.
Fertilizer Optimization: By linking soil condition with crop growth, farmers can reduce wasteful use of fertilizer, saving money while protecting the soil.
Early Warnings: Satellite-driven drought, flood, and pest alerts allow farmers to take preventive action, reducing losses.
Access to Finance: Farmers can use verified digital data (field size, crop type, expected yield) as evidence when applying for bank loans or insurance claims.

Cooperatives & Farmer Organizations

Sri Lanka has thousands of farmer societies, women’s groups, and agricultural cooperatives that manage subsidies and collective resources. With field-level intelligence from the Super App:

Digital Member Profiles: Each farmer’s field boundaries, crops, and yield history are mapped and updated automatically.

Fair Subsidy Distribution: Fertilizer, seed, and irrigation resources can be distributed equitably, based on real satellite-monitored needs.

Compliance & Reporting: Coops can generate ready-to-submit reports for ministries, donors, or NGOs — proving how resources were used and what results were achieved.

Collective Bargaining Power: With accurate data, coops can negotiate better prices for produce with buyers, millers, or exporters.

Sustainability Audits: Cooperatives can demonstrate eco-friendly practices (e.g., water-efficient irrigation) to unlock international funding or certifications.

Banks & Insurance Companies

Financial institutions often struggle with assessing risk in agriculture due to unreliable farmer-reported data. With WHY Super App’s satellite-powered insights:

Loan Risk Assessment: Banks can evaluate loan applications based on verified field size, crop type, and historical yields.
Insurance Validation: Insurers can confirm whether droughts, floods, or crop failures actually occurred, reducing fraudulent claims.
Automated Payouts: Crop yield predictions and soil moisture indexes allow insurers to trigger payouts quickly and fairly, improving farmer trust.
Portfolio Management: Lenders and insurers can monitor thousands of farms simultaneously, tracking repayment risks and exposure to climate events.
Product Innovation: New financial products (weather-index insurance, performance-based loans) become possible when backed by trusted satellite data.

Planning – Laying the Foundation for a Productive Season

Productivity Analysis

Satellite imagery archives spanning multiple years reveal patterns of productivity across fields. These maps help identify zones with consistently high or low yields. By studying this historical data, farmers can:

Understand long-term soil and crop performance
Detect underlying challenges such as nutrient deficiencies or water scarcity
Plan interventions that are tailored to each part of the field

Management Zone Delineation

Not all parts of a field behave the same. Using vegetation indices (NDVI and others), fields can be divided into management zones. For example, one area may require more fertilizer, while another may thrive with minimal input. This targeted approach:

Improves yield predictions
Reduces wasted resources
Saves costs while boosting sustainability

Early Season Operations – Building Strong Crops from the Start

Soil Preparation

Bare soil imagery allows satellites to assess moisture levels, texture, and organic matter. Bright and dark patterns in satellite data indicate where soil holds more water and nutrients. These insights guide:

Fertilizer planning before sowing
Irrigation adjustments
Early soil corrections for healthier crops

Selective Seeding

By combining soil data and productivity zones, farmers can make precision seeding decisions:

Adjust seeding rates for different soil zones
Select crop varieties better suited to local conditions
Ensure uniform crop stands from the beginning

Crop Management – Smarter Decisions Throughout the Season

This is where satellites deliver the greatest value — guiding farmers as crops grow and conditions change.

Health Monitoring

Frequent imaging helps detect crop stress caused by drought, pests, or disease. Farmers can act early — often before visible damage appears.

Issue Detection & Alerts

Automated alerts notify farmers of anomalies in vegetation vitality. This allows for faster intervention and reduces large-scale losses.

Directed Scouting

Instead of surveying entire fields, farmers receive scouting maps pointing to problem areas. Using GPS-enabled devices, they can walk directly to the affected zone and save valuable time.

Targeted & Prescription Treatment

Satellite-guided insights allow precision treatments:

Apply nitrogen only where deficiency is detected
Irrigate fields that show stress
Spray pesticides in localized areas, reducing chemical overuse

Late-Season Crop Maintenance

Continuous monitoring tracks the effectiveness of treatments. Farmers can refine methods year by year, building a data-driven playbook for sustainable success.

Harvesting – Timing is Everything

Choosing the right harvest date is one of farming’s toughest decisions. Harvest too early, and crops may be wet and less valuable. Wait too long, and storms or pests can destroy yields.

Satellite imagery measures:

Moisture content for key crops
Senescence levels (crop drying and ripening patterns)

This ensures:

Harvest at peak quality
Reduced post-harvest losses
Real-time updates to prioritize urgent fields