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BEIJING, March 19 (Xinhua) — In the wheat fields of Nanyukou Village, Cheng’an County, in north China’s Hebei Province, farmers have given up the spring toil of spraying pesticides by hand, leaving it instead to agricultural drones. “We used to work hard in the fields with ‘face to the soil …

To boost food security, Kenyans have been urged to adopt innovations like drones. Using drones in agribusiness, mapping, survey and even spraying pesticides on crops enhances productivity and helps reduce operational costs. Global Air Drone Academy (GADA), a US-based company, employs the technology to scale up efficiency in agriculture. Kenyan …

Aerial systems like drones have been very useful in crisis situations for unmanned transportation of food and water. A drone is a small aerial vehicle that can carry only 10-30 % of their own mass as payload. To overcome this limitation, a team of researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute …

The U.S. food distribution system is in a tight spot. Consider this disparity: Food waste accounts for between 30% and 40% of the nation’s food supply even as 10% of the country’s 65,000-plus census tracts are considered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to be food deserts, places where residents …

ISLAMABAD: A customised drone was used on Friday to test food delivery by Pakistan’s leading food delivery company. The test flight of the drone conducted in association with the office of the deputy commissioner Islamabad — named ‘Pandafly’ — took place in the F-9 Park. The use of disruptive technology …

ANRA Technologies, a leader in integrated airspace, mission management, and delivery systems for uncrewed aircraft, achieved a 100-flight hour milestone while conducting Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) delivery operations in India. ANRA led their consortia in support of a project awarded by the Directorate General of Aviation (DGCA) and the …

Drone delivery is the next frontier for the food delivery and law enforcement industries, with practical use cases across the globe expected to gain traction within the next 12 to 18 months, enabled by 5G deployments. This was the word from Todd Ashton, VP and head of Ericsson South and …

South Korea has tested an autonomous drone food delivery service amid rising demand for non-contact services during the COVID-19 pandemic, the transport ministry said Saturday. In a test held in the administrative city of Sejong, some 130 kilometers southeast of Seoul, five drones delivered meals and other products to people …

This week, we talked to people trying to help stem the hurt of the Covid-19 pandemic—with mixed success. One company, Zipline, is using drones to help deliver virus testing supplies and personal protective equipment in Ghana. It has accelerated efforts to bring the approach to the US, though don’t expect …

Drone delivery company Manna plans to pilot its takeaway food delivery service on the campus of University College Dublin from the end of March. The fleet of drones will deliver food directly from the restaurant to the customer – staff and students on campus – transporting it inside the cargo …