Farm Drones Ready for Take-Off

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News by Khmer Times/Igor Kosso

PHNOM PENH (Khmer Times) – Farm drones could soon take their place alongside the tractor and combine harvester as the next piece of indispensible equipment for large-scale agriculture in Cambodia. In fact, an entire fleet of drones is gearing up for commercial deployment in the Kingdom as the government inches closer to creating a regulatory framework.

“There’s a very large market potential to address the needs of local farmers,” said Aaron Greenwald, managing director of SM Waypoint Co Ltd, a Phnom Penh-based drone contracting company. “However, we still have to do a good job of educating prospective clients on the value of this technology.”

Precision Agricultural Solutions

The two main applications for drones in agriculture are crop imaging and the precision application of pesticides. The small unmanned aerial vehicles are cheaper to operate than helicopters or planes, and much more versatile, according to Mr. Greenwald.

read more: http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12333/farm-drones-ready-for-take-off/

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Good move Cambodia. Bravo!

OK USA ... now we have a reason to keep drones in the air over a civilian population.

Yep ... I'm a cynical a-hole.