Banks and insurance companies rely on customer data to assess creditworthiness, risk profiles, and claims. For most small-scale farmers around the world, the cost of collecting this data is prohibitive, and prevents banks and insurance companies from providing key services such as loans and insurance to many of the people who could gain the most from them. Using a camera mounted on a light manned aircraft, we provide objective, plot-level data on what farmers have planted and how their crops are growing, enabling financial institutions to provide the services smallholder farmers need.

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