Japanese farmers are turning to drone technology in an attempt to reduce the impact of fewer young people entering the industry . With farming communities getting progressively older on average , Japan 's agriculture ministry plans to conduct a series of tests which will determine the effectiveness of drone technology to help them . The tests will include tasks such as spraying crops with pesticides and fertilisers , sowing fields , artificially pollinating fruit crops , transporting equipment and conducting airborne field surveys .
Japanese farmers are turning to drone technology in an attempt to offset the impact of fewer young people entering the industry. With farming communities getting progressively older on average, Japan's agriculture ministry plans to conduct a series of tests which will gauge the viability of using technology to support them. The testing will include tasks such as spraying crops with pesticides and fertilisers, sowing fields, artificially pollinating fruit crops, transporting equipment and conducting airborne field surveys.