Denmark–Uganda tea project adds drones to climate-resilience research
NbS4Tea introduced drone operations at Uganda’s Rwebitaba Tea Research Centre as part of a wider programme on resilient tea production and irrigation.
Source Makerere University
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FAO examines how drone services can reach smallholder farms
A review of more than 100 initiatives in Europe and Central Asia highlights local operators, transparent pricing and usable outputs as adoption priorities.
Source FAO AgriTech Observatory
AfricaRice and CIMMYT train regional breeders in drone phenotyping
A five-day Côte d’Ivoire workshop linked flight operations, image analysis and shared breeding services for participants from seven West and Central African countries.
Source AfricaRice
Brazilian grape trials combine plant stress, soil and weather for irrigation
Semear Digital is testing irrigation decisions based on crop water stress, with vineyard results in São Paulo and expansion into pineapple production.
Source Semear Digital / Embrapa
Cambridge combines printed robots and computer vision to screen plant resistance
Cambridge researchers report a major increase in laboratory screening capacity by automating images of plant-parasitic nematodes, with crop applications still a next step.
Source King's College Cambridge