1. Fly Expertly. Detect Truthfully. Perform Consistently.

2. Remotely piloted aircraft
“Drones”

3. “Farming by the meter” Precision farming
Practicing Precision Farming will help the farmer to make decisions on:
Variable Rate Irrigation
Variable Rate Pesticide Application
Variable Rate Fertilizer Application
Variable Rate Seeding/Planting
“Farming by the meter”

4. Using multi-spectral cameras
Seeing more from a distance

5. Remote detection Seeing the details better from far away.
Example: 10 maize fields in the DRC of hectares each.
Fields shown in yellow were subscribed for monitoring

6. True-colour image of area
A Satellite image with 6m spatial resolution was acquired on 16 Feb over the area of interest. Two very small clouds (less than 0.5% of image area) with associated shadow are visible on Field 1.
It is clear that crops on Fields 1-5 are more mature than crops on fields 6-10.

7. Normalized Difference Vegetation Index image of subscribed fields
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The Vegetation Index image shows the relative chlorophyll activity and biomass of crops per field. Low activity or stressed areas are shown as low values (brown – orange - yellow colours), while high activity or advanced crop development is shown as high values (green – blue – magenta colours)

8. Vegetation Index image of fields 1-4
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The Vegetation Index image shows that fields 1-4 are well developed. A fair amount of variation is evident which must be investigated using on- ground surveys.

9. Vegetation Index image of fields 6, 7
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The Vegetation Index image shows that fields 6-7 are very young and under-developed. The black areas shown in this picture is due to a confirmed fire on this field causing a very low index value.

10. Thermal imaging
Infrared radiation is emitted by all objects with a temperature above absolute zero.
This makes it possible to see one's environment with or without visible illumination.

11. Thermal imaging

12. Creating up to date photographic maps
Not dependable on cloud coverage.

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