THE COST OF SMART FARMING
FN Holdings also trains farmers in smart agriculture and farm management.
The company uses tools including drones and satellite remote sensing to help assess damage after disasters.
Images captured before and after an event can be compared to help farmers assess their losses.
But expanding the use of such technology remains a challenge, as equipment costs can put it beyond the reach of smaller farmers.
“We have found that ordinary farmers, smaller-scale farmers, have difficulty because most cannot afford the cost of such heavy hardware equipment,” said Sean Zhou, vice-president of the company’s research and development centre.
Zhou said operating at a larger scale could allow the costs of smart farming infrastructure to be shared.
“Once centralised and scaled up, the construction of smart agriculture can address the problems of individual farmers through cost sharing.”
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