Coastal farming

Urbor

Salt water keeps moving inland and farmland goes out of use behind it. Urbor pulls the salt out of the ground and texts a farmer before the next tide.

Status
In the field
Where
Coastal Bangladesh
Built for
Smallholder farmers on saline land
Site
urbor.earth

The product

Urbor analytics screen showing an NDVI index over a plot, a salinity forecast and a health forecast
Urbor tidal intrusion monitor, showing flood risk score, next high tide and an embankment health warning

How it works

01

Watch the plot

Satellite imaging and micro-climate data, plot by plot.

02

Forecast the salt

Intrusion zones projected 14 days out.

03

Send a text

Three days before it arrives. No app needed to receive it.

04

Track the recovery

Season by season, so progress is visible.

The cycle

Salt water moves in A little further inlandwith every season Plants pull it out Hatishur stores the saltin the leaf, not the soil Food keeps growing Vertical frames, whilethe ground recovers The land comes back Measured season by season,not taken on trust Season 1Season 2Season 3Season 4

Where it stands

In the field

5,000+ farmers along the coast, with its own site, app and partner network.

Recognised

Global Winner of ImaGen Ventures 2024, a Youth4Climate grant recipient, and in the SAFFAL 2025 cohort.

Want this where you are?

We would rather have it running somewhere useful than sitting in a demo.