Dear RG-Community,
I have been reading about the application of drones (fixed wing, multi-copter) in ecology, conservation and precision agriculture for a while now. Also I tried to have some conversations with farm managers and drone experts. I am wondering what the advantages of drones in precision agriculture over ground based assessments are? It would be great to have some numbers. Most of the published work uses vague terms (e.g. cheaper, faster, easier...). I would like to read about or discuss some facts. Under which conditions is the use of RPAS "better"? How much would I pay to have the same work/assessment done by an expert on the ground?
I am aware that it might be difficult to provide an exact answer to my question but it would be great if this question could be discussed from as many perspectives as possible.
Thanks!
Rene
check this link maybe help you
https://www.embention.com/en/news/precision-agriculture-aplications/
in this link is this adventages
PRECISION AGRICULTURE ADVANTAGES
- Early detection of weed and fungus in crops, permitting to avoid that pests and diseases spread.
- To improve efficiency of located irrigation and hydric stress.
- Optimization of fumigated zones, considering concentration and disposition of weed.
- Optimization of fertilizers through the detection of nutritional stress to administrate the exact dosage.
- Quality control and condition of crops due to quality controls and plantations performance.
- Creation of inventories and inspection for agricultural subsidies, identifying quantity and class of tree families.
- Pest control using biologic techniques for its control, such as SIT techniques or the controlled introduction of natural enemies.
- but you can ckeck others links
- http://www.asctec.de/en/uav-uas-drone-applications/uav-precision-agriculture/
Thanks Jaime. Yes, a lot of things are claimed to be possible by various companies. I am just wondering how many of these claims are feasible. If you are a land manager, how much are you willing to pay for a system that might be faster but maybe not as reliable as your previous method? What crops do you grow on how many hectares that drones could be a benefit?
Drones in agriculture especially large scale one is important in terms of monetaring, giving direction to a contractor to spray a specific area with coordinates pick by the drone, to survey the land from time to time and for securing the farm with security apparatus
Dear Many advantages of drone regarding to agriculture applications such as doing land use land cover classification, detect the age of some species of plant and many others
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