FarmAir's patented technology enables early detection of plant stress, allowing growers to reduce costs and optimise yield quantity and quality for sustainable agriculture.

The problem

Plant Stress (abiotic or biotic) drives up production costs and lowers yield quantity and quality. Plant Biotic stress, such as pathogens in early infection stages, is not visible to the naked eye. Current technologies like vegetation indices (NDVI), water stress indices (CWSI), thermal imaging, smart agriculture sensors, can only detect stress after it is evident, leaving growers little time to take action. Early identification of the crop stress is crucial for timely intervention.

FarmAIr's patented technology, initially targeting vineyards, enables early and accurate plant stress detection, using:

• Image Fusion: Machine Learning algorithms combine optical and thermal images with computer vision
• Artificial Intelligence: Object detection algorithms automatically identify and map stress plant areas.

Plant stress can be detected at the leaf level long before visible symptoms appear, even in trunk diseases, up to 2-3 years early. This early diagnosis saves time, effort and 34% of contamination costs. Growers can than address infections, prevent contamination, and optimize irrigation, pesticide, and fertilizer use for sustainable agriculture.