Droptima

Droptima is a crop irrigation calculator that tells you how much water each field needs each day. The app automatically downloads local weather data — temperature, wind and sunshine — combines it with values you enter such as recent precipitation, sowing dates and your irrigation system parameters, and every morning provides a clear recommendation for today's irrigation rate. If you monitor soil moisture with a tensiometer, you can enter readings to refine the calculation, and farmers and managers will find Droptima useful for avoiding under- or over-watering, especially on crops where soil condition is hard to judge visually.

Key Features

Automatic calculation of the daily irrigation rate using local weather and crop data. The app downloads temperature, wind and sunshine information and accepts manual inputs such as recent precipitation, sowing time and irrigation system parameters. Each morning it gives a clear recommendation on how much water to apply today and you can add tensiometer readings to improve accuracy. Droptima is designed to support irrigation where soil condition is not visible, for example under mulch film or with buried drip lines.

Advantages

Precise, data-driven daily recommendations reduce guesswork in irrigation planning. The combination of automated weather data and user-entered field parameters produces tailored advice. Tensiometer support increases reliability when in-field moisture monitoring is available, and the app is useful across a wide range of irrigation setups to help prevent over- and under-watering.

Disadvantages

Calculation accuracy depends on the completeness and correctness of the data you enter. Recommendations are more accurate with tensiometer readings, so precision may be lower without them. Field validation so far has been concentrated in specific countries, which may limit tested conditions.

Market Performance

Droptima has been tested and verified on hundreds of irrigated fields in Ukraine, Moldova, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Georgia and Azerbaijan, demonstrating usefulness across a variety of crops and irrigation configurations.