About
About Project
This capacity development project is a collaboration between researchers affiliated at 5 academic institutions across the Asian region in Japan, Malaysia, Vietnam, India, and Indonesia. The main activity of the project will be to host workshops that introduce the use of drones in agriculture in each of the associated countries. The workshops are aimed at various stakeholders, including agriculture researchers, local government officers and farmers. Through the workshops, discussion with local stakeholders and subsequent sharing of training and research materials to the public, we hope to create awareness and strengthen the adoption of new agriculture techniques like the use of drones in Agriculture. Ultimately, contributing to sustainable and profitable agriculture, and improved food security in the region.
Low-tech self
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Actionable Information
Objectives
(1) To identify priority areas in conventional agricultural practices that need UAV techniques to enhance agriculture production by organizing knowledge-sharing workshops for multiple stakeholders in the proposed countries.
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(2) To develop training modules to monitor and manage agro-ecosystem using UAV techniques and tailor-made training modules for each specific site.
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(3) To conduct training programs for the identified priority areas using developed training modules.
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(4) To disseminate the lessons learned and findings from multiple stakeholders’ engagement meetings and training modules through developing open-access portals (website) and policy papers for peer-reviewed journals.
This project will promote the adoption of UAVs-based PA techniques:
Funding
This project is funded by the Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN)
https://www.apn-gcr.org/
"APN is an intergovernmental network of 22 countries working towards an Asia-Pacific region that is successfully addressing the challenges of global change and sustainability."
Desired Output
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Manuals
Produce Reference Materials on how to practically address certain agriculture questions from drone imagery.
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Applicable
Focus on solutions applicable to low resource farming settings.
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Avaliable
Materials should be available in future as learning reference, and to future capacity development and knowledge transfer projects in developing regions.