What Is The Long-Term Impact Of Agricultural UAVs On Agriculture And Rural Areas?

This article we share today analyses the long-term impact of the use of agricultural UAVs in the UK. Let's look at the long-term impact the authors have in mind. In order to better illustrate his point of view, the author starts with the concept of UAV, quotes the major agricultural UAV events in Britain, and then analyses the advantages and disadvantages of agricultural UAV. Let's get started.

In Britain, the penetration rate of agricultural UAVs reaches 18%. Agricultural UAVs are changing the way farmers grow crops and raise livestock. The long-term impact of the use of agricultural UAVs has aroused the author's deep thinking.

The Marriage of UAV and Agriculture
Start with the understanding of UAVs and lay the groundwork. Unmanned aerial vehicle (also known as unmanned aerial vehicle) is characterized by remote control flight, different UAV specifications are not fixed, ranging from several centimeters to more than 10 meters. The meaning of the word "unmanned aerial vehicle" has a historical evolution. In the 1920s, the term "unmanned aerial vehicle" refers to the target aircraft used by ship-borne machine guns for training. Nowadays, the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) plays an important role in the civil field.

The application potential of UAV in agriculture is huge. Agricultural UAVs can undertake a variety of tasks, such as soil analysis, targeted application of fertilizer agriculture, storm tracking, safety monitoring, pollution control and air monitoring.

The first application of UAVs in agriculture appeared in Japan in the 1980s. Specially designed "agricultural UAVs" now have various functions and capabilities to carry out tasks. However, although bare aircraft may be as low as 50, the price of agricultural UAVs equipped with professional equipment is over tens of thousands.

Why do agricultural UAVs make headlines? The author observes that the number of agricultural UAVs in the UK has increased rapidly over the past five years, with the accompanying problems of safety and privacy protection for agricultural UAVs.

It is difficult to estimate the number of agricultural UAVs sold in the past few years because they are not included in the statistics. But the author mentions an example: in 2018, a British farm planted, managed and harvested 4.5 tons of crops for the first time in the world, but hardly needed farmers to work in the fields.