Drones for Mongolia's agriculture

Precision agriculture is making its ways into Mongolia with assistance of drones. With the support of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Japanese Government, four sets of drones from Ishikawa Energy Research LLC were tests piloted in Mongolia providing support in evidence-based planning and in spatial data collection and strengthening policies and decisions in support of Mongolia’s food security. In the context of Mongolia, the benefits of drones are evident as pest surveillance and crop monitoring are extremely labor intensive and time consuming operations. The use of drones greatly facilatates a more timely and accurate identification of pest-affected areas. Drones also facilitate immediate spot treatment and avoids unnecessary use of plant protection products. Under this initiative, the use of agriculture drones allows introduction of precision agriculture over 3,500 hectares land of selected soums in Darkhan-Uul, Selenge and Tuv aimags to improve production, soil and pests management, including rapid response capacity to pest emergencies through intensive monitoring of crops and pest surveillance with the help of drone technology.

Lead (category)

Multi-partners

Name of initiative lead (and partners)

Ishikawa Energy Research LLC

Categories of Digital initiative deliverables

Specific ICT technology product and/or service delivery

ICT products/solutions and services by category

Digital Agriculture

Non ICT products and services (deliverables)

Business and governance structure

It’s a precision agriculture; pest surveillance and crop monitoring and Crop disease management being implemented by Ishikawa Energy Research LLC in collaboration with Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Japanese Government

DI ICT-deliverables format

Drones technology

Primary stakeholders (beneficiaries, actors, enablers)

Farmers

Government

Size, scale or scope of primary stakeholders

Digital Initiative development Stage

Fully functional. Institutional-governance structure in place

Measurable impacts on primary stakeholders and target beneficiaries

Under this initiative, the use of agriculture drones will allow introduction of precision agriculture over 3,500 hectares land of selected soums in Darkhan-Uul, Selenge and Tuv aimags to improve production, soil and pests management, including rapid response capacity to pest emergencies through intensive monitoring of crops and pest surveillance with the help of drone technology.

Initiative geographic scope (or coverage) (national, regional, sector specific, specific user co-horts etc)

National

Over 3,500 hectares land of selected soums in Darkhan-Uul, Selenge and Tuv aimags

On-line resource links (Web-page links, links to videos, links to reports, etc)

Main DI webpage

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Link to Digital village

Link to Digital solution