ASTA Suriname · Pineapple Pilot Monitor

FAO × Arandu · Para & Marowijne · data as of 5 Oct 2026
⚠️ Mockup. Fields, farmers, usage and indices are simulated. Satellite availability (Sentinel-2 clear-report days, Sentinel-1 passes) uses the real Oct 2025 – Sep 2026 replay at Redi Doti and the savanna belt.
Pilot fields
🗺️ Monitored fields
Zoom in or click a village to see field outlines · click a field for its satellite history
Climate & satellite conditions
🌦️ Rainfall vs. satellite visibility
Monthly rainfall (ERA5-Land, pilot area) and share of days a clear-sky report was possible
Clear-day % = real replay
🚨 Field alerts
Fields at 🟠 or 🔴 in their latest report
🛰️ Data availability (last 12 months)
Sentinel-2 acquisitions104
…usable over plot (≥30 % clear)31 – 45
Sentinel-1 radar passes94 · every ~5 d
Longest optical blackout45 – 55 d
Usage
📊 Reports delivered per week
WhatsApp menu reports by type, last 12 weeks
🎯 Field status mix
Latest report per field
Programme overview
🏘️ By village
Click a row to zoom the map
🎯 Joint Programme indicators
Targets from the ASTA Suriname programme document
⚖️ Demo vs. traditional plots
Median vigor (NDVI) per week · gap = average of the last 12 weeks · same images, so no absolute calibration needed
📷 Photo diagnoses → ground truth
Farmer photos by diagnosis · confirmed by a Hub technician or awaiting review
🍍 Expected harvest
From recorded flower-induction dates (~5.5 months to harvest) · ~26 t/ha (25 000 plants/ha, 80 % fruiting, 1.3 kg)
Phase 2 preview
🧪 Data quality
Why some report requests could not be completed (per month)
Suriname pineapple pilot · for discussion with FAO, UNIDO & the Horticulture Innovation Hub

A prioritized list of use cases

Ten things the weekly satellite pass and the WhatsApp chat can do for the pineapple chain, ranked by the value to the chain and by how ready they are today. Reorder them during the discussion: the final order decides what we build and validate first.

“How does the Hub see every field, every week, without a technician standing in it?”
Who benefits
Value vs. readiness
🧭 Priority matrix
Top-right = start in Phase 1. Bubble size = farmers reached. Click a bubble to jump to the use case.
📏 How we ranked
  • Value to the chain. Does it save pineapples, technician time or money, or produce evidence a funder or buyer asks for?
  • Ready today. Live in the WhatsApp menu, a small addition, or a Phase 2 build.
  • Works through clouds. The Guiana Shield blocks optical images on 27–33 % of days (our 12-month replay). Radar, photos and weather do not care.
  • Can be proven in Phase 1. Maps to an exit condition: ≥ 70 % technician agreement, radar coverage in cloudy weeks, demo vs. traditional baseline.
Our ranking is a starting point. What loses the most pineapples today, and which villages are hardest hit, will move it.
Ranked use cases
Where each use case lands in the pilot