August 2017 Blogs

(This article was inspired by the recent blog post ‘ Drones in Agriculture ’, posted on 22nd August) Whist we mostly take it for granted, we depend on the farming industry for the food we eat, and therefore for our very survival. A vast proportion of the earth’s land mass is farmland, and farming...

The drone technology is the new fad. Drones or Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) are revolutionizing agriculture, for example the use of remote sensing in agriculture. In essence, the use of drones for Precision Agriculture, farming, pest management and crop management is exploding worldwide. What has...

This interview of Dr Fen Beed the 200th Member of the SCPI-Hortcrops Dgroup community is part of the follow-up discussion on Sustainable Crop Production Intensification of Horticulture production based systems . Could you tell us briefly about yourself, and why you are interested in the ongoing...