By the time the farmer sees the pest, the damage has already begun.
CropVision was born from a simple problem we encountered in the field: farmers often detect pests too late, when the damage is already done.
Small causes, season-wide consequences.
Farming is becoming more unpredictable. Crop diseases, pests and inefficient monitoring lead to significant losses every season — and farmers need faster, smarter ways to protect their crops and maximise production.
Causes
- Late pest detection
- Inefficient manual monitoring
- Excessive pesticide use
Effects
- Destroyed harvests
- Economic losses
- Reduced productivity
- Greater environmental impact
Walking the field doesn't scale
Manual scouting is slow and sample-based: a person can only inspect a fraction of the rows, on a fraction of the days. Early outbreaks that start between visits go unnoticed until they spread.
Visible symptoms arrive late
By the time damage is obvious to the naked eye, the disease has often been developing for days or weeks. Reaction replaces prevention — and the harvest pays the difference.
Uncertainty breeds overspraying
Without knowing exactly where the problem is, the safest option becomes treating everything. Blanket spraying drives up costs and the environmental footprint of every season.
Losses compound
Destroyed harvests, lower productivity and higher input costs stack on top of each other. For medium and large holdings, a single missed outbreak can erase a season's margin.
Farms in Portugal — a vast territory, impossible to watch over by hand.
Source · INE (Statistics Portugal)
Increase in fertiliser consumption in 2024 — a symptom of reactive, not preventive, farming.
Source · INE (Statistics Portugal)
Vine-leaf states our platform can already detect, from healthy to phylloxera — and the list is growing.
Platform · CropVision