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Reporting from earlier editions of The Agrotech Daily. Figures, prices and policies may have changed since.
- Precision & digital, GlobalDrones in agriculture: changing crop monitoring and helping farmsDrones map fields, monitor crops, livestock and soil moisture and apply inputs precisely, though regulation, privacy, battery life and cost limit their use.
- Precision & digital, IndiaAgri ministry has been permitted to use drones under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY)The civil aviation ministry and DGCA have given the agriculture ministry a conditional exemption to fly drones for gram panchayat-level yield estimation in about 100 districts under PMFBY.