JAPAN DRONE SYSTEM LAUNCHED – OFFERING REMOTE HELP FOR LIVESTOCK FARMERS
December 1st, 2016
A drone designed to make life easier for livestock farmers has been launched in Japan, with developers eyeing global sales in the future. Created in partnership with Tokyo-based IT company OPTiM and agriculture faculty at Saga University, AgriDrone is an initiative also supported by the prefecture and city of Saga, on Kyushu, Japan’s southernmost main island.
Its goal is to revitalise the region’s food production and while AgriDrone’s sales pitch is more targeted at arable agriculture, AgriDrone has a number of applications in husbandry. Using video ...
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