Step 1 · Know the land

Know the land before you sign.

Before you pay rent for a field, see what the soil holds, how much water it has, what grew there in past years, and whether water stands on it. We read free maps and government records, and put it all in one simple report.

Land report

Example field, Nashik

51.2 acres
Water
Groundwater running low · water stood twice in 8 years
53out of 100
Water standing
2019 and 2023 · up to 15 days
2of 8 monsoons
Soil
From government tests on fields nearby
Estimate
Two crops a year, 7 years in 10
Soil · tests nearby

Part A · 1.8 acres

pH
7.4Fine
Zinc
0.4Short
Phosphorus
17Enough
35
years of rain records
10
years of satellite pictures
5 km
search for rivers, canals and ponds
Lakhs
of government soil tests on the map
What we check

Four questions. One report.

Every answer tells you where it came from. Tested means someone measured it. Estimate means it comes from maps or from tests on fields nearby. Not checked means you still have to go and look.

(01)

What is the soil like?

The government has tested the soil of lakhs of fields across India and put every test on a map. We read the tests closest to your field and show what the soil around there usually holds.

  • How much nitrogen, phosphorus, potash, zinc and other plant food is in the soil
  • Whether the soil is sour, alkaline or salty
  • Where to dig your own samples, if you want a test of this field itself
See the soil part
(02)

Is there enough water?

Water decides everything else. We show the rivers, canals and ponds near the field, how much rain falls in a normal year and in a dry year, and how much land your borewell can really cover.

  • Rivers, canals, ponds and wells within 5 km
  • Rain in the last 35 years, and rain in the next 10 days
  • A borewell test you can do yourself with a drum and a stopwatch
See the water part
(03)

What has grown here?

Satellites photograph every field every few days. From ten years of pictures we can see which years this field was farmed, which years it sat empty, and how well the crop grew each season.

  • One crop a year, two crops, or nothing at all
  • Bad years, and years the field was left empty
  • How this field did compared with the fields around it
See the crop history
(04)

Does water stand on it?

A field that stays under water can lose the crop. Radar works through clouds, so we check picture periods after the heaviest rain anywhere in each year.

  • Which years water stood, and for how many days
  • Which corner of the field it collects in
  • Which way the land falls, so you know where to cut a drain
See the water-standing part
How it works

Three steps. About one day.

(01)

Draw the field

Open the map, find the village, and click the corners of the field. Or paste the latitude and longitude from your phone. It takes two minutes.

(02)

We read the records

The report fills itself in: government soil tests, rivers and ponds nearby, 35 years of rain, the shape of the land, and ten years of satellite pictures.

(03)

You go and look

Take the report to the field. Time the borewell with a drum, dip a cheap meter in the water, ask two neighbours. Type in what you find and the report updates.

Being straight with you

Maps show you where to look. Only a visit tells you the truth.

No satellite can see how much water a borewell gives, or whether the papers are clean. So this report never pretends. Every line says whether it was measured, guessed from records, or still not checked.

From satellite pictures

  • What grew here, 10 yearsestimate
  • Water standing after heavy rainestimate
  • How it grew next to other fieldsestimate
  • Which parts of the field differestimate

From government records

  • Soil tests on fields nearbyestimate
  • Rivers, canals and ponds nearbyestimate
  • Rain in the last 35 yearsestimate
  • How much groundwater the block has leftestimate

Only by going there

  • How much water the borewell givesnot checked
  • Salt in the waternot checked
  • A soil test of this field itselfnot checked
  • Land papers, and whether the drain is opennot checked

Check your first field.

Draw it on the map, read the report, then take it with you to the field.