Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT) will test a support service for Japan's agriculture industry which combines drones with AI technology, aiming to increase crop production by 30% and address the current labour shortage. The system analyses images of crops to determine their condition and identify the optimum time to use fertiliser. Japan is one of only two countries in Asia that has not yet adopted drones.
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT) will test a support service for Japan's agriculture industry which combines drones with AI technology, aiming to increase crop production by 30% and address the current labour shortage. The system analyses images of crops to determine their condition and identify the optimum time to use fertiliser. NTT's service will be trialled on an eight-hectare rice field in Fukushima Prefecture until March 2021, with commercial roll-out also anticipated in the next two years.