AgriX brings smart irrigation and paddy automation to Ampara (அம்பாறை), one of Sri Lanka's largest paddy districts. We sense field water depth, send canal and turnout scheduling alerts, and automate pumps on lift-irrigated fields — all engineered to keep running on weak signal and through power cuts.
Reviewed by Pathmanathan Lathesh, Founder and CEO · Last updated
Most Ampara paddy is grown under the Gal Oya scheme, fed by the Senanayake Samudra reservoir. Water comes on a schedule you do not fully control, so the hard part is matching your fields to when the turnout actually runs — not just opening a valve.
In the dry Yala season, water is tight and losses hurt. Over-watering one field can leave another short. Knowing the real depth in each field lets you spread a limited supply further.
Fields pumped up from a channel or well mean someone has to be at the pump at the right time. On scattered plots that is wasted trips, late watering and fuel or power burned running a pump longer than needed.
Alongside paddy, many Ampara families grow vegetables and banana that want little-and-often watering, not flooding. Running them by hand competes for the same time and labour as the paddy.
One system engineered around your fields, water source and crops — not a one-size kit.
Sensors report the water depth in each paddy field so you can see, from your phone, which fields are low and which are holding — instead of walking every bund to check.
Set your fields against the canal supply and AgriX reminds you when to prepare, open and close, so watering lines up with when water is actually available.
Pumps start and stop on a schedule or on field need, with a manual override always at the pump. No more standing by a channel to catch the right moment.
Vegetable and banana plots run on drip by zone, watered little and often on a schedule or on soil moisture, separate from the paddy cycle.
Fields have weak signal, power cuts and old pumps. The controller runs on its own at the farm, so watering never waits for a mobile connection.
You do not have to automate the whole farm at once. Begin with one field or pump, see it work, then add more.
Yes. AgriX is designed around major-irrigation paddy. You set your fields against the canal supply and it sends scheduling alerts for when to prepare, open and close, and senses the water depth in each field.
Yes. Pumps can start and stop on a schedule or on field need, with a manual override always available at the pump. This suits fields lifted from a channel or well.
Yes. The field controller stores its schedule and safety limits and runs offline. The app shows the latest readings again when the connection returns.
Yes. We recommend starting with one field or one pump, then adding zones and sensors once you have seen it work on your own land.
Yes. We are based in Kalmunai, in the Ampara District, and serve farms across the district with on-site visits.
Share your land, water source and crops in the Ampara District. We will propose an AgriX system sized to your farm — and be honest about what is ready and what is still research.
