Soil and water answers in minutes, not weeks. An automated testing device, a farmer app and an AI engine that tells you what to do next.
Most farmers choose what to plant and what to spray without knowing what is in their soil. We built a device that tells them in about five minutes.
Bhumi Biotics combines an automated tabletop analyser, lab-style dual-mode testing and an AI decision engine, so a sample taken in the field becomes a recommendation the same day.
Explore the technologyThe problem
Traditional soil and water testing is slow, fragmented and rarely actionable at the moment a farmer is choosing seed, fertilizer or crop.
Sent to a lab
7–20 days
With Bhumi Biotics
about 5 minutes
01
Samples travel to a lab and results come back after the decision has already been made.
02
Without nutrient data, farmers over-apply or mis-apply inputs, wasting money and harming soil.
03
Crops chosen without soil and water insight lead to poor yield and avoidable losses.
04
There is no on-field, real-time advisory tool for the moments when choices matter most.
A soil test should take minutes, not a month.
How it works
Six steps connect the field, the device, the farmer and the people planning at district and state level.
01
A soil extract or water sample is taken in the field and geo-tagged at the point of collection.
02
The tabletop device handles the liquids, runs the cartridge and reads the result without hands-on lab work.
03
The AI engine checks soil health, water quality and nutrient gaps, with a confidence check on every result.
04
The farmer app returns a soil health score, fertilizer advice and crop suitability, in the farmer's language.
05
Results sync to the cloud, building a history of each field and a regional picture over time.
06
District and state dashboards turn thousands of tests into soil maps, hotspots and crop zones.
The device
Touch any part to see what it does. From sample intake to reagent handling to optical readout, the whole workflow is automated.
Mode one
3–5 min
A gold-nanoparticle lateral flow assay screens several key soil and water parameters at once. It is fast and low cost, which makes it the first line of testing in the field.
Mode two
Quantitative
Optical analysis measures concentration for accuracy and low-level detection. It confirms the screening result when a precise number matters.
What it measures
12 soil and 10 water parameters, read together so the advice reflects the land and the water that feeds it.
From a soil extract
N
Nitrogen
P
Phosphorus
K
Potassium
pH
Soil reaction
EC
Electrical conductivity
OC
Organic carbon
Zn
Zinc
Fe
Iron
Cu
Copper
Mn
Manganese
B
Boron
H₂O
Soil moisture
Optional
From a water sample
pH
Acidity
TDS
Total dissolved solids
EC
Electrical conductivity
NO₃
Nitrate
F
Fluoride
Hard
Hardness
Alk
Alkalinity
Fe
Iron
Cl
Chloride
NTU
Turbidity
Optional
The farmer app
Every test lands in the app as a clear score and a short list of what to do, written for the farmer and not the lab.
A soil health score and nutrient values as soon as the test finishes.
What to apply, how much and when, based on your field's reading.
See which crops suit your soil and water before you plant.
Multi-language advisory so the guidance is easy to follow.
Track how each field changes season over season.
Soil health score
NPK (kg/ha)
Recommendations
Why it is different
Lab tests are accurate but slow. Strips and kits are quick but narrow. Bhumi Biotics is designed to combine speed, accuracy and automation in one workflow, and to turn each result into data.
| BhumiBhumi Biotics | LabLab testing | KitsPortable kits | StripsTest strips | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Speed | Yes | No | Partly | Partly |
| Accuracy | Yes | Yes | Partly | No |
| Automation | Yes | No | Partly | No |
| Parameters | 20+ | 10–15 | 5–10 | 1–3 |
| Data and insights | Yes | Partly | No | No |
| Cost per test | Low | High | Medium | Very low(low accuracy) |
Comparison reflects the design targets of the Bhumi Biotics platform.
Soil and water, read together.
Who it serves
The same test helps a farmer pick a fertilizer, a bank assess a loan and a district officer target a scheme.
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