Soil pH & Organic Matter Mapping
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Mission briefing
Soil pH & Organic Matter Mapping sits in the pre-season stage of the crop cycle. It runs on a quad scout + lab carrying multispectral + rgb + sampling drone, and in Bihar the window is oct-may before planting at a frequency of 1x per season. Expect roughly 100ha/hr per sortie, and stand the drone down outside the wind <8m/s envelope — flying past it wastes chemical and risks drift onto neighbouring plots. Readings are interpreted through NDVI correlation, OC, so the payload has to output those bands rather than plain RGB. Prescription map fertilizer save 20% On a medium-difficulty mission like this, the cost driver is not the drone — it is the number of return trips and the pilot hours around them, which is what the payback maths on the economics page turns on.
What you need
- Payload
- Multispectral + RGB + Sampling drone
- Drone class
- Quad Scout + Lab
- Vegetation indices
- NDVI correlation, OC
When to fly (Bihar)
- Timing
- Oct-May before planting
- Frequency
- 1x per season
- Coverage
- 100ha/hr
- Weather envelope
- Wind <8m/s
What this pass costs to buy in
Custom-hire rates operators actually charge for scouting work. Use these as the benchmark before you decide whether to own a drone or hire one for soil ph & organic matter mapping.
| State | Job | ₹/acre | ₹/ha |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bihar | NDVI Scout | ₹150 | ₹370 |
Before you fly this mission
- DGCA rules for agricultural flying →
Green-zone limits, 120 m ceiling and the paperwork a spray sortie needs.
- Kisan Drone subsidy 2026 →
Up to 100% support for FPOs and CHCs buying the drone that runs this pass.
- Agri drone price list India →
What the machines capable of this mission cost, ex-showroom.
- Pilot licence cost & RPTO list →
You cannot fly this commercially without a DGCA remote pilot certificate.