The world leader in geospatial information, Airbus Defence and Space provides their valuable experience to simplify agricultural operations. The farmstar services is an operating campaign that focuses primarily on the actions of the production chain. The production chain begins with image acquisition, followed by data processing, development of biophysical parameters, and lastly relevance as well as validation of advice. Finally, the subscribers receive information.
This decision support tool for agriculture has been providing its service since the past 15 years. Moreover, it is helping the farmers who are keen to optimize their yields and improvise the crop quality by nurturing them nicely and respecting the environment. The FARMSTAR services provides a complete range of advice by combining satellite images from our constellation with agronomical expertise.
Real Decision Making Aid: The farming cooperatives send the farmer operators up-to-date data regarding the crops. The information is useful to determine the exact dosage of the products that plants may need. Using the correct dosage not only means saving money, but also being more environmentally responsible.
Sustainability: At several occasions, the United Nations has warned that nitrous oxide emissions from the use of nitrogen fertilizers can double by 2050. Thereby, there is an emerging need to minimize the loss of nitrogen in the environment occurring during crop cultivation. Moreover, it avoids farmers to take unnecessary tractor rides to reduce diesel consumption. Overall, reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Gleaning data: Airbus Defence and Space uses its satellite fleet to study and integrate all useful sensors. Sensors from Pleiades 1 and 2, TanDEM-X, TerraSAR-X, NigeriaSat-X, UK-DMC-2, DEIMOS-1, Spot 6 and 7, Sentinel 2A, and Sentinal SB are useful. These satellites also provide data for other environmental concerns such as oil slick detection. This data generates only the highest quality advice that may be useful for leading insurance actors in developing products to cover weather perils. The primary objective here is to identify as well as quantify the production loss to compute accurate compensation for crop shortfalls.
Since 2015, Airbus Defence and Space began to explore the potentials from the sensors data that is onboard UAVs. This addition of UAV data can further lead to the optimization of crop diagnostics. Therefore, there is top-quality benefits delivery to the farmers.