Where does the weather come from?

Open forecast and climate data for your coordinates; the sources are listed on the About page.

No. Soil moisture or rain readings improve the answer, but location, crop and planting date are enough to start.

Which countries are covered?

Anywhere in Africa; the first focus is Zambia and South Africa.

Agririgo is free: there is no paid tier, no trial and no credit card. Monthly usage ceilings exist only to stop abuse.

Drought monitoring and irrigation planning for African farms

Agririgo's Drought Watch follows local weather and crop water demand for your fields, flags stress from satellite and drone imagery, and simulates irrigation before you act.

In Zambia's 2023/24 season drought destroyed 982,765 hectares of maize. Drought Watch exists to see water stress coming at the scale of one farm: the forecast for your fields, the crop's water demand at its stage, and imagery that shows which plots are already struggling.

What Agririgo does here

Drought Watch

Local forecast and crop water demand for your location, with a plain status for each field.

Stress from the air

Satellite greenness through the season, and drone or phone photos with a vegetation overlay that separates healthy canopy from stress.

Irrigation what-if

A daily soil-water simulation (the FAO-56 method) comparing irrigating now, tomorrow or in three days, in stress days and water shortfall.

Your water on record

Boreholes, tanks, pumps and their readings, so the question 'how many dry days does our water cover?' has an answer.

Who it is for

Farms with irrigation to schedule
Rain-fed growers deciding when to act
Agronomists and co-ops watching many fields

How it works

01Set your farm's location and pin fields with their crops
02Watch Drought Watch and the season's greenness
03Before irrigating, run the what-if for the field

What it is not

Not a guarantee against crop loss: it shows risk earlier, the decision stays yours
Simulations use published methods and your inputs; better readings give better answers

Questions people ask

Where does the weather come from?: Open forecast and climate data for your coordinates; the sources are listed on the About page.
Do I need sensors?: No. Soil moisture or rain readings improve the answer, but location, crop and planting date are enough to start.
Which countries are covered?: Anywhere in Africa; the first focus is Zambia and South Africa.
What does it cost?: Agririgo is free: there is no paid tier, no trial and no credit card. Monthly usage ceilings exist only to stop abuse.

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