The use of drones in agriculture, according to Professor Brian McCornack of the University of Kansas, allows these devices to fly over the crop and collect data and disease samples more efficiently than a human can. The collected data is analyzed and helps identify diseases and intervene in infested fields.
Brian McCornack presented to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) cases of pests that cannot be identified at first sight and for which drones can be sent out to obtain data and photographs to help identify them and learn more deeply about the impact that pests can cause.
The specialist also maintained that “the challenge is how to process the information so that it has meaning”, and highlighted the importance of technology for improving the efficiency, precision and quantity of agricultural inputs.
According to the FAO, world harvests are reduced by 20% to 40% by the damage caused by plant pests and diseases.
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