French-backed EarthDaily project to provide oblast-level crop intelligence for Ukraine
EarthDaily has secured a €480,000 French government grant for a project that will provide Ukraine with oblast-level crop area and yield intelligence on key field crops.
EarthDaily said it has received a €480,000 grant from the French Ministry of Economy, Finance and Industrial and Digital Sovereignty under the FASEP programme. The funding is intended to support the Ukrainian government with agricultural intelligence tools during a period of severe disruption to the country’s food production system. The company announced the award on March 25, 2026, and said the grant agreement had been formally approved by the French ministry on November 24, 2025.
The work will be delivered through GEOSYS, the French company EarthDaily acquired in 2021 and now operates as part of the group. The practical goal is to generate in-season crop-area estimates and yield trends across Ukraine at oblast level. According to the release, the data will support the Ministry of Economy, Environment and Agriculture of Ukraine in strengthening agricultural monitoring and improving decision-making during an exceptionally difficult period for farm production.
EarthDaily described the project as a multi-year initiative built on its own agricultural analytics, artificial-intelligence models and data from the EarthDaily Constellation, which is expected to become operational this summer. The crop focus includes winter wheat, winter barley, winter rapeseed, sunflower and corn. Regular outputs are expected to cover crop area, yield forecasts and regional agricultural conditions for those major field crops.
The initiative is also designed to build a wider ecosystem around the data. EarthDaily said a steering committee will include French retailers, agtech firms, seed and input suppliers, food and beverage companies, insurers and financial institutions. That structure is meant to provide practical feedback during implementation and create a pathway for broader adoption of calibrated agricultural analytics across commercial platforms and operating models.
For Ukraine, the project goes beyond a standard digital service. It is an attempt to improve transparency around core crops at a time when harvest resilience and export expectations matter for both the domestic economy and global food supply chains. Implementation will be coordinated through BPI France Assurance Export with support from the French Embassy in Kyiv, underlining the state-backed and international character of the agricultural monitoring effort.