Fighting pests with drones, SA startup revolutionises farming

JOHANNESBURG — Cape-based startup Aerobotics is seriously making headway in improving the way farmers farm. The company specialises in using drone and software technology to help farmers identify possible problem pests and diseases on their crops. The company does this by using incredible image capturing technology that can go down to individual tree-level and even further. The service has already taken off in South Africa with drones surveying around 100 000 hectares. James Paterson, the CEO and founder of Aerobotics, tells me more about his fascinating company in this podcast. - Gareth van Zyl Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices