OZYRPAS CONSULTING

Agriculture is predicted to be the second largest user of drones in the world in the next 5 years (2016). Drones continue to be used in various aspect within agriculture - such as cropping, early warning systems, monitoring plants, pests control, animal tracking, forest and environmental monitoring, for example. Important nomenclature, the move towards a risk-based safety approach, and airspace and its regulatory framework, are discussed; along with regulations from ICAO and other regulatory bodies, while a comparison is made with conventional (piloted) aircraft in agriculture. Next, the potentials and challenges of unmanned aircraft in agriculture are considered with the introduction of several case studies and an examination of noteworthy regulations across African and finally the impact of regulations on UAS in agriculture concludes this study... This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.