Giacomo Rambaldi from the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU (CTA) presented the below recording entitled, “ Drones for Agriculture ” at the the ICT-Agri ODA Forum for Sustainable ICT Convergence in Agricultural Sector; The Present and Future of ICT-Agri Convergence to Achieve Food Security in Seoul, Korea on 6 November 2017. About the presentation This 15-min presentation provides an introduction to the use of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) in the agricultural domain, with focus on the experience gained by the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation...
From 16 to 27 October, e-Agriculture Team organized the “introduction to drones in agriculture’ learning activity . This self-learning activity is intended to increase the appreciation of and knowledge on the use of drones in agriculture and rural development to members and followers of the e-Agriculture Community of Practice (CoP). During the second week of the activity participants reviewed academic literature on drones, including the ongoing research from Catheline Pieters on the monitoring of orchards using drones. The participants also had the opportunity to present their work during a...
Drones can have multiple uses in agriculture, from mapping to spraying. Here is a short list of how can drones help in agriculture. Precision agriculture uses information technology to ensure that the crops and soil receive exactly what they need for optimum health and productivity. Drones are an essential tool in precision agriculture, as they allow farmers to constantly monitor crop and livestock conditions by air. Mapping : With new drone models, the user only needs to draw around the area he needs to cover as drones come equipped with flight planning software allowing it to follow an...
e-Agriculture Learning Activity Drones Webinar: senseFly and Moser Solutions Date Tuesday 24 October 2017, 2PM UTC - 4PM CEST Description This webinar brings together two sides of a story. On the one side we have Jose Marchetti representing senseFly, a company that wants to make drone technology...
This blog is shared as published on AGORA website Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture (AGORA) is one of the four Research4Life programmes that provides free or low cost access to major scientific journals in agriculture and related biological, environmental and social sciences to public institutions in developing countries. AGORA was launched in October 2003 and today, after more than 14 years, it provides access to up to 8200 journals from the world’s leading academic publishers. AGORA is led by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and its goal is to...
World Bank webinar: IoT and Autonomous Irrigation with Tevatronic Date Tuesday, October 31 at 9am EDT Description Tevatronic develops an autonomous irrigation system using tensiometer sensors placed in the ground near the plants. The irrigation system is designed so that the valve switch controller...
Beginning Monday the 16th of October, e-Agriculture received 670 participants of the e-Agriculture learning activity on the use of drones in agriculture. On each respective day of this activity content is added and made available and can be accessed here . You can download the full programme for a global overview here . In review so far On Monday, October 16th we opened the activity with a general introduction and a live opening webinar, which was meant to give more information on how the activity is organized. The recording of the live webinar is available here . An experience capitalization...
Starting last week, CTA has been running a perception survey on the use of drones for agriculture. You may be interested in sharing your opinion. Below is their call in both English and French: We want your opinion on the use of drones in agriculture Dear Colleague, Recent innovations in drone technology have led to new opportunities to improve agricultural practices around the globe. The technology is still quite new and requires careful consideration when and if it will be widely adapted. CTA in collaboration with NEPAD is conducting a survey to understand current perceptions, challenges...
WHEN: Friday 27 October 2017, 2PM UTC - 4PM CEST (Central European Summer Time) To enter the room use the following Adobe Connect link: http://fao.adobeconnect.com/e-agdrones5/ In the framework of the e-Agriculture learning activity on drones , which runs on the e-Agriculture platform from 16 to 27 October 2017, e-Agriculture is organizing a series interactive webinars with different speakers addressing different aspects on the use of drones in agriculture and rural development. About this webinar UAVs are increasingly recognised by humanitarian organizations for their potential effectiveness...
Live Webinar: Community Monitoring of Forests in Indigenous Territories in Panama Date Friday 20 October 4PM Central European SummerTime - 9 AM Panama Description Maricarmen Ruiz from FAO Panama will share her experience on the use of drones for community forest monitoring, working closely together...
e-Agriculture Learning Activity Drones Webinar: senseFly and Moser Solutions Date Tuesday 24 October 2017, 2PM UTC - 4PM CEST Description This webinar brings together two sides of a story. On the one side we have Jose Marchetti representing senseFly, a company that wants to make drone technology...