Guide · 24 September 2026

Crop health monitoring in India: a drone guide by season.

India's growing fleet of agricultural drones is mostly used for spraying. The same drones can also map crop health — often with the RGB camera they already carry.

Kharif season

Monsoon crops face waterlogging, uneven emergence and pest pressure. Early-season flights help spot gaps and low-vigour patches while there is still time to act.

Rabi season

Irrigated winter crops often show stress along irrigation lines and field edges. Mid-season vigour maps help target irrigation and nutrient checks.

Who benefits

  • Drone service providers adding a paid mapping service alongside spraying
  • FPOs and agronomy teams scouting many small plots quickly
  • Agri platforms adding crop health to their apps through an API

Getting started

Fly the drone you have, capture clear nadir frames, and send them to Nabhya. You get a vigour map and management zones in seconds — no multispectral camera needed.

Get a result

Send us one frame.

If you have a recent RGB flight sitting on a drive, send a single frame and we'll return the full result for it — free, no account. It's the fastest way to find out whether this is useful to you.

Returned
Vigour map, zones, canopy mask, summary
Turnaround
Same day, seconds of compute
Cost
Free during onboarding

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