Popular Mechanics South Africa

HOW DO YOU LIKE THEM ORANGES?

NO MATTER THE size of your farm, or what you farm, agriculture is risky business. Unpredictable threats are a constant concern. Pests, for one thing, are a massive problem – be it insects, weeds or other diseases – and they can cause farmers to lose 20–40 per cent of their agricultural output. This figure goes up for fruit farmers who struggle to work out the right time to harvest, often relying on out-of-date estimates.

This is where Aerobotics comes in – a Cape Town-based agritech company that’s already well known for its artificial intelligence platform, which uses drone data and satellite imagery to help farmers combat potential yield loss.

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