DRONE-BASED APPLICATIONS FOR PRECISION FARMING

AGENDA

• Quick introduction on drones

• Illustrations of applications

• Airinov experience in precision farming with drones

WHAT IS A DRONE IN AGRICULTURE?

IT IS NOT ABOUT FLYING…

A DRONE IS MADE OF 3 PARTS

A flying platform A sensor A processing power

• Fixed wing

•Multi-rotor

•Multispectral camera • Sense the crop and add extra

information vs. your eyes

• Servers in the cloud• Agriculture know-how to transform

the data into insights for the farmer

What is key for agriculture?

WHAT YOU CAN SEE WITH A SENSOR YOU CANNOT WITH YOUR EYES

WHAT YOU CAN SEE WITH A SENSOR YOU CANNOT WITH YOUR EYES

EXAMPLES OF APPLICATIONS

WHAT CAN BE DONE WITH A DRONE

THREE TYPES OF SERVICES

Recommendation to farmers Field trial monitoring Remote sensing R&D

Objective

Crops

•Make a simple, efficient recommendation at a point in time to optimize the farmers business

• Provide reliable, fast statistics over a growing season to help select seeds, crop protection products, fertilizers…

• Look for new applications of remote sensing with a dedicated partner

• Cereals, Oilseed rape, Potato•New crops every year

• Any type of crops, any type of trials, in platform or in field

•On demand

FERTILISATION RECOMMENDATION

Nitrogen absorbed Biomass (Dry matter) Deficit in Nitrogen application(Simple reco map)

Deficit in Nitrogen application(Precise reco map)

Nitrogen absorbed (kg N / ha) Dry Matter (T / ha)

WHEAT EXAMPLE

BETTER FERTILIZING TO PROTECT ENVIRONMENT AND MAKE SAVINGS

Automatic fertilisation for 30% of our clients Manual fertilisation for 70% of our clients

BETTER CONTROL YOUR FIELDS

Equipment or fertilizer problem Equipment problem

Equipment or fertilizer not working

Lower levels of N absorbed

Higher levels of N absorbed

Irregular fertilisation stripe to be investigated

Nitrogen absorbed (kg N / ha) Nitrogen absorbed (kg N / ha)

ADVANTAGES FOR A FARMER

• Optimize fertiliser inputs• Optimize costs • Increase yield• Protect environment

• Control your field• See impact on sowing/ fertilizing practices• Manage total dose of Nitrogen in field

• Improve field knowledge• Understand soil/ geographic impacts on crops• Drill down on specific issues with more

precision/ accuracy

AIRINOV EXPERIENCEIN DRONES FOR AGRICULTURE

AIRINOV, AN EXPERT IN DRONE-BASED SERVICES TECHINCAL EXPERTISE, OPERATIONAL KNOW-HOW

OUR HISTORY

Adaptation to Arable FarmingResearch & Development Expansion of successful model

• Born in a farm's barn in 2010• 3 founders, including a farmer’s son• Partner of agronomy research institute

INRA

• Starting 2012, focus on farming• In 2016, 10 000+ farmers customers• 200 000+ hectares overflown

(wheat, oilseed rape)

• Since 2015, geographical expansion (Europe, Africa, Middle East…)• Product range extension to more arable

crops and start with tropical crops

A SERVICE WITH 4 MAIN ROLES

Order the service Promote the serviceSell the service

Organize the serviceMake the agronomic analysis

Execute the flight

The farmer doesn’t need to invest in a drone!

A SERVICE ADAPTED TO ALL FARMERS

15 000 flights in Spring 2016 Any farmer can access the service

80% of all official flights in France

•No minimum size of parcels•No minimum size of farms

• Biggest field flown in France: 84ha• Biggest field flown in Europe:

185ha

• Average France: 7ha

•Min: 0,5ha

TOOLS TO RUN THE SERVICE ON A LARGE SCALE BASIS

• SMS sent to farmers and distributors

• Deliverables sent to farmer in 2-4 days

• Web-based tool for distributors

• Smartphone application for flight operators

A COVERAGE SOON EVERYWHERE IN THE WORLD!

Thank you for your attention!

+33 9 72 39 75 82 (FR) +44 330 684 6074 (UK) +49 32 221 746 084 (DE)+31 85 88 83 504 (NL)+45 89 88 28 45 (DK) sales@airinov.com www.airinov.comLe 21/05/2014

ANNEXES

PRINCIPLES OF REFLECTANCE

A plant’s reflectance varies with its contentOur sensor enables to measure plant reflectance

Green Red RedEdge Near Infrared

Our sensor’s wavelengths

PROFITABILITY OF OUR SERVICE

Modulation map based on our recommendation Yield map results after our modulation recommendation

-33% of N during the last input No decrease in yield

A TOOL TO MONITOR LARGE SCALE OPERATIONS

• Very efficient operations for flight operators thanks to our automated processes and informatics tools

• Up to 1000ha covered per day per operator depending on the country’s flight conditions

• Several 1000ha covered per day over a region or a country thanks to our very large network of flight operators

WE SELL RECOMMENDATIONS MAPS BASED ON DRONE TECHNOLOGY

We sell 1 drone in 1 region We serve all farmers, regardless of farm size