Farmers Review Africa May/June 2017 Farmers Review Africa | Page 30
Products & Services
The DroneClouds advantage
Agriculture has seen a lot of new tools appear
on the market in the past ve to ten years,
promising great yield increases, input
reductions and cost efficiencies. Yet the act of
farming has not changed signi cantly over
millennia. Crops still need to be planted,
managed, inspected, nurtured, and harvested.
e competitive nature of the market has,
however, placed new pressure on the farmer
to get the maximum yield from his crop, while
forcing him or her protect the bottom line in
any way possible. us the need to keep a
close eye on the crop has become pertinent.
And that is exactly where DroneClouds
comes in to help.
We found that the drone and satellite space
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c an b e f r au g ht w it h c on f us i ng and
distracting messages. Companies mention
things like “exponential technology” and
“ rst mover advantage” with “crop overview
functionality” and “high precision input and
harvesting”. And oen the question remains:
“What should I pick? Which is the right
tool?”
What we at DroneClouds do is help the
farmer nd “s