Working alongside farmers' knowledge

The platform's insights are meant to complement, not replace, farmers' own experience, local agricultural advice and observations on the ground. Satellite information can show conditions across a whole farm or region, while farmers and extension workers bring the local knowledge needed to act on it.

Why it matters

Satellites can monitor large areas regularly, and the launch is part of Nile Orbital AeroSpace's mission to connect space technology with practical needs on Earth, making satellite-derived information more useful to Uganda's agricultural community.