Evja
IoT‑ and AI‑based decision-support system for irrigation and agro-climate data
Description
Evja is a decision support system (DSS) designed to support growers through real-time monitoring, data analytics, and predictive agronomic models. The system is widely used across horticultural and high‑value crops—including greenhouse vegetables, berries, flowers, and orchard crops—where microclimate variability strongly influences irrigation and disease‑risk decisions. The solution combines wireless field sensors with cloud-based AI/ML analytics to deliver actionable insights on irrigation, nutrition, crop protection, disease risk, growth, and yield prediction.
Technology
Evja’s system relies on custom wireless sensor nodes measuring micro-climate, soil moisture and status, leaf wetness, radiation, environmental parameters, which transmit real-time data to a cloud backend. Evja’s platform is organized into functional modules—including irrigation optimization, microclimate monitoring, fertigation guidance, disease‑risk forecasting, and sustainability performance insights—allowing users to activate only the tools most relevant to their production systems.
Target
Evja targets growers and farms of various scales as well as agronomists and farm advisors seeking to apply precision-farming practices.
Business model
Evja operates via a service-oriented business model. The solution sells hardware to users and provides them access to the decision-support software offered under a subscription or service-fee model. In addition to the digital platform, Evja offers continuous technical support and tailored training sessions to help growers integrate sensor data, interpret dashboards, and adopt precision‑farming practices effectively.
Impact
Since commercial launch in 2018, Evja claims to have monitored hundreds of hectares across multiple countries; its systems have helped growers optimize irrigation, reduce chemical and water use, improve crop protection timing, and increase yield consistency and quality under a precision-farming regime
Partners
Wageningen University & Research; University of Naples Federico II; University of Pisa; University of Almeria Libelium, BayWa, RWA; Startup Bootcamp Foodtech; VIDA; Spectrum Technologies, Inc.; Amazon web services; Start Life; Libelium; Agro Innovation Lab; BayWa
Four Betters
Better production
Better environment
