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A farm helper for two paddy plots in Nilabadi
FarmBot follows the Nilabadi Fishing Pond plot and the Agnigangamma Temple plot in Bandhugaon, Koraput, Odisha. It uses satellites now, adds ground sensors and cameras later, and has an AI helper that explains it all in plain words.
DraftData to 23 Oct 2026
What FarmBot will do
Three jobs, most important first
FarmBot is a farm helper for two paddy plots in Nilabadi. It reads free satellite photos and computer-estimated weather now, and will add sensors, traps and cameras on the fields. Everything is explained in plain words for the people who farm here.
Priority 1 · in progress
Pest & disease alerts
Weather-based early warnings for stem borer, gall midge, leaf folder, planthopper, blast, sheath blight and bacterial blight. Every rule is cited from ICAR (Indian Council of Agricultural Research) and IRRI (International Rice Research Institute) sources. No risk scores are published until they're checked locally. →
Priority 2
Weekly recommendations
A short weekly note per plot: crop stage, water balance, pest risk and links to the latest ICAR-NRRI (National Rice Research Institute) and IMD (India Meteorological Department) advisories. →
Priority 3 · experimental
Crop comparison score
Peak and season-long greenness compared across seasons and plots: a comparison score, not tonnes of grain. The first October 2025 vs 2026 check shows no clear difference yet. →
Also planned
Harvest-timing heads-up
Weekly greenness score (NDVI) decline per plot. No ripening decline yet.
Weak patches in a plot
10 m squares that lag in both seasons. They also show where the first sensors should go.
Radar that sees through cloud (Sentinel-1)
Flooding, waterlogging and transplanting dates through monsoon cloud, fed into pest risk.
Winter-crop water budget
How much pulse or mustard the pond could water. Pond depth is still unknown.
Village baseline (later)
Each plot compared with neighbouring fields in the same season.
The plots
Two paddy plots, named by landmark
Both plots are in Nilabadi (Neelabadi), Bandhugaon block, Koraput, Odisha. The temple plot's box centre is about 1.5 km north-north-east of the pond.
Plot · paddy
Nilabadi Fishing Pond plot
Latest clear image 23 Oct 2026: crop-land greenness (NDVI) 0.86. 2025 crop peaked 21 Oct and fell below 0.5 by 4 Dec.
Approximate box around the pond. →
Plot · paddy
Agnigangamma Temple plot
Latest clear image 23 Oct 2026: crop-land greenness (NDVI) 0.86. 2025 crop peaked 18 Oct and fell below 0.5 by 25 Nov.
Location still to be confirmed. →
This season at a glance
This monsoon's (2026) crop is near its greenest
0.86 greenness
Temple plot cropland on 23 Oct. Highest of the areas checked, so it is ripening, not yet harvested. Seen by satellite
0.86 greenness
Fishing Pond plot cropland on 23 Oct. Seen by satellite
1,402 mm
Rain June–October 2026 over the village, wettest month Sep 2026 (496 mm). Estimate NASA POWER (a free NASA weather estimate).
Read with care
- Plot boxes are approximate. They are squares drawn around landmarks, not surveyed field boundaries.
- Monsoon cloud gap. July–August had only one or two clear satellite photos, so transplanting dates can't be pinned down.
- Temple plot location is still to be confirmed. The reference screenshot was rotated, so the box sits north-north-east of the temple; a true-west alternative was also checked.
- Soil and weather figures are computer-estimated estimates, not measurements on these fields.