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Farming in Karnataka

Karnataka runs from the drought-prone northern plateau to the humid Western Ghats: coffee, grapes, maize and arecanut each face a different climate.

Main crops

What grows in Karnataka

A weekly view of your field

How satellite advice works in Karnataka

Watch is free for any field in Karnataka. You need WhatsApp and your field's location; nothing is installed in the field.

True-colour Sentinel-2 image of farmland around one 3.2-acre field near Katol, Nagpur district, on 12 Oct 2026, with the field outlined The same area as an NDVI greenness map: dark green is dense healthy canopy, pale yellow and brown are bare or dry fields 1.2 km × 0.9 km · each square 10 m
Real image: one 3.2-acre field near Katol (outlined) and its neighbours, Sentinel-2, 12 Oct 2026. Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data, processed by VarshaKrishi.

A real Sentinel-2 view of farmland near Katol, Maharashtra. The same 10 m view is available for any field in Karnataka.

  • Your own field

    We read the Sentinel-2 pixels inside your field boundary and compare them with your field's own history, so the message is about your field, not your district.

  • Through the monsoon

    When cloud hides the field for weeks, Sentinel-1 radar still shows standing water and the growth trend, and the message says what it could not see.

  • Water and weather timing

    The village forecast and FAO-56 crop-water methods help time irrigation and field checks, week by week.

How each message is computed, and what the satellite cannot see: methods and evidence.

Questions

Farming in Karnataka: common questions

Which crops are grown most in Karnataka?

The main crops include Coffee, Maize, Grapes, Arecanut, Sunflower, Marigold. Each has a guide with its season, water need and main risks.

Does VarshaKrishi work in Karnataka?

Yes. The free Watch plan covers any field in Karnataka: one WhatsApp message a week about your own field, built from satellite images and the weather. You need WhatsApp and your field's location; nothing is installed in the field.

What does it cost?

Watch is free for every farmer in India. Decide, the crop-specific plan with irrigation timing, opens crop by crop after an agronomist reviews each crop model; farmers buy a season pass or a partner sponsors it.

What happens in the monsoon when clouds hide the field?

Sentinel-1 radar sees through cloud and still shows standing water and the growth trend. When the satellite cannot see your field clearly, the message says so instead of guessing.

Neighbouring states

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