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#News(AgriTech) [ via IoTForIndiaGroup ]
The rise of precision agriculture has seen a change in the way that food is produced.
Challenging landscapes leave no margin for error. For this reason, a growing number of farmers have started making significant investments into high-tech farming methods and have already seen a reduction in time, costs and food waste.
The new technologies allow farmers to gather data on soil, plants and the weather, allowing them to effectively manage the variables in the field and optimise operations. Farmers can then map and monitor the state of their crops and make decisions to prevent losses – increasing yields and lowering overall costs by large margins.
This year, South Africa’s first licensed crop-spraying drones took flight, signifying a major breakthrough for the agricultural sector.
Still in its infancy – unmanned drones, which are much more cost efficient than traditional crop-spraying tractors have the ability to access crops in difficult terrain and, can fly closer, spraying pesticides and fertilisers with precision.
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