Use of drones in agriculture and rural development

Prokop Laichter

Bachelor's thesis

Abstract:

Information is playing a key role in the modern agriculture. Introduction of the drone technology created a new way for farmers and researches to not only gather information but also interact with the environment. The goal of this Thesis was to analyse the current usage of drones in agriculture as well as for the development of rural communities, and to look into the future scope and possibilities of the drone technology. The Thesis is based on a literature review done trough the snowball effect method. As the main areas where drones are used was firstly identified monitoring, specifically monitoring of the environment, forests and plants, secondly spraying and thirdly protection. Analysed were also the impacts on the communities as humanitarian and health operations, and the legislative aspect of the drones’ usage. Moreover, at the last part of the Thesis were mentioned the areas in which the drones could find further application. It was concluded that drones are promising technology, which may due to subsequent automation of agricultural production be implemented on a significant scale. The drones will be mainly useful in the collection of data and possibly even in conduction of all the farming practices without human overlook. The main contribution of the present Bachelor’s Thesis is the summarization of information related to this yet very young technology.

Keywords

automation, crop protection, environment monitoring, remote areas, technology evolution, unmanned aerial vehicle

Jazyk práce: English

Datum vytvoření / odevzdání či podání práce: 19. 4. 2019

Obhajoba závěrečné práce

• Vedúci: doc. Bc. Ing. Tatiana Ivanova, Ph.D.

Czech University of Life Sciences Prague

Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences

Bachelor programme / odbor:
Tropical Agriculture / International Cooperation in Agriculture and Rural Development