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International Potato Center uses drones to assess crop stress in the Peruvian Andes

CIP in Peru uses drones to aerially assess how potato and other crops perform under stresses including insect damage, disease, drought and frost.

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Organisation
International Potato Center (CIP)
Location
Lima and the Andes, Peru, Peru
Year
2014
Category
Agriculture

The International Potato Center, based in Lima, uses drones in Peru to aerially assess crop performance under different stresses. According to its 2014 article, the stresses studied include insect damage, plant illness, dry spells and freezing temperatures, with the work centred on the Andes.

The page describes the method and does not report findings.

Location: Lima and the Andes, Peru

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  1. Assessing stressed crops from the sky (CIP, 15 May 2014) https://cipotato.org/inthenews/assessing-stressed-crops-from-the-sky/

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