Data-driven soil intelligence platform for precision agriculture
Integrated sensor and AI solution that captures comprehensive soil data (moisture, pH, oxygen, nutrients, density, sunlight) and combines it with external inputs such as weather forecasts, historical records, and farmer activity to deliver actionable insights for precision agriculture, enabling targeted use of water, fertilizers, and pesticides while forecasting yields and disease risks.
Overview
This offering combines intelligent soil sensor hardware with a tailored AI analytics platform to address the two core challenges in agricultural data: collecting the right data and turning it into actionable insights. By capturing a broad spectrum of soil parameters and fusing them with external data sources such as weather forecasts, historical records, and user-provided activity logs, the platform enables farmers to apply inputs only where needed, reduce operational costs, automate farming processes, forecast expected yields, and anticipate regional disease pressure. The result is a step forward in precision agriculture that turns raw field data into measurable business value.
Technical specifications
Sensor capabilities:
- Soil moisture and irrigation-trigger sensing
- Water quality detection combining multiple measurement technologies to deliver real-time results, reducing traditional lab turnaround from three to four days
- Electromagnetic and acoustic sensing used in an earthquake forecasting system capable of predicting events up to one week in advance
- Medical-grade sensing experience supporting reliable, high-quality data acquisition
Platform and analytics:
- Agnostic central data platform that ingests sensor data plus external sources such as weather forecasts, historical datasets, and user-supplied information
- Tailored AI algorithms designed once data requirements are clearly defined, leveraging mature AI technologies that can be customized more easily than in earlier generations
- Insight generation covering soil oxygen, pH, moisture, nutrients, density, and sunlight levels
- Decision support for targeted application of pesticides, herbicides, water, and fertilizers
- Yield forecasting and regional disease risk preparation
Technology readiness level
The underlying sensor technologies have been validated across multiple domains, including irrigation-trigger systems, real-time water quality detection, and earthquake forecasting deployed in China. The soil-specific sensor suite and the AI-driven analytics platform are positioned for further validation, with the goal of delivering a complete sensory system paired with tailored algorithms that bring precision agriculture to the next level and enable automated farming operations.
About NBS
Capgemini is a global leader in business and technology transformation, helping organizations navigate the digital economy through AI, cloud, data, and software engineering. The company provides a comprehensive suite of services ranging from strategy, consulting, and design to managing complex operations and industrial engineering. By integrating deep industry knowledge with technical expertise, Capgemini enables clients to modernize their IT environments, optimize business processes, and develop intelligent products and services at scale. The group operates through specialized brands including Capgemini Invent, Capgemini Engineering, and Sogeti, leveraging a vast ecosystem of partners to drive innovation across more than 50 countries.
Working with the world's largest organizations, Capgemini delivers tangible business value by helping them bridge the gap between emerging technological potential and operational reality. Its services are critical for enterprises seeking to accelerate their transition to digital and sustainable models, particularly through the adoption of generative and agentic AI. Through its research institute and a network of innovation exchanges, the company provides thought leadership and collaborative environments that empower clients to achieve measurable efficiencies, create new revenue streams, and maintain competitiveness in an increasingly technology-driven global marketplace.
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