Food Security

AI and drones are revolutionizing farming across Asia

Sayan Thongthep, 52, sets up his agriculture drone to spray pesticide in a rice farm in Ban Yai, Thailand.

Sayan Thongthep, 52, sets up his agriculture drone to spray pesticide in a rice farm in Ban Yai, Thailand. Image: Thomson Reuters Foundation/Rina Chandran

Rina Chandran
Correspondent, Reuters
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Farmer Manit Boonkhiew is flanked by local officials as they show an agriculture drone received under a government scheme to digitise agriculture in Ban Yai, Thailand.
Farmer Manit Boonkhiew is flanked by local officials as they show an agriculture drone received under a government scheme to digitize agriculture in Ban Yai, Thailand. Image: Thomson Reuters Foundation/Rina Chandran

An agriculture drone sprays pesticide in a rice farm in Ban Yai, Thailand.
An agriculture drone sprays pesticide on a rice farm in Ban Yai, Thailand. Image: Thomson Reuters Foundation/Rina Chandran
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Farmers Manit Boonkhiew and Sayan Thongthep set up an agriculture drone in a rice farm in Ban Yai, Thailand. February 28, 2022.
Farmers Manit Boonkhiew and Sayan Thongthep set up an agriculture drone on a rice farm in Ban Yai, Thailand. Image: Thomson Reuters Foundation/Rina Chandran
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