I’ve been a little quiet on LinkedIn lately, but I’m back! 🚀
After spending some time in the field, learning and gaining new experiences, I’m excited to be back and share new insights, projects, and lessons from my journey in AgriTech, precision agriculture, and agricultural drones. 🌱🚁
The biggest difference is not the drone itself. DJI Agras, XAG, multispectral drones, thermal cameras, RTK, etc. can be used in all three regions. The major differences are climate, farm structure, regulation, economics, and the level of digital agriculture.
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This is where agricultural drones can have a very different value proposition.
For Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Egypt, etc., I’d focus heavily on:
1. Water management 💧
Multispectral and thermal drones can help identify areas showing water stress and help farmers make better irrigation decisions.
2. Difficult terrain
Drones can inspect orchards, palms, vineyards and other crops much faster than walking the entire plantation.
3. Spraying
Agricultural spraying drones can be particularly attractive where tractors are difficult to use—for example, orchards, muddy fields, steep areas or crops with limited access.
4. Lower operational costs
For many farms, the objective isn’t necessarily complete automation. It’s getting useful agricultural work done with fewer people, less water and less machinery.
This makes service-based drone businesses particularly interesting: a farmer doesn’t necessarily need to buy a €10k–€30k+ drone; they can pay a professional operator per hectare.
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The American market is much more oriented toward scale and operational efficiency.
A farmer might have hundreds or thousands of hectares, so the question becomes:
“How can I monitor and manage a huge area efficiently?”
Drones are therefore useful for:
* crop scouting
* stand/count analysis
* disease and stress detection
* field mapping
* targeted application
* integration with precision-agriculture platforms
* collecting data for farm-management decisions
But spraying is not simply “buy a drone and spray.” In the US, agricultural dispensing by drones falls under FAA Part 137, with certification/authorization requirements.
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Europe is particularly interesting because environmental regulation strongly influences drone adoption.
EU rules have historically treated pesticide spraying from drones as aerial spraying, which is generally prohibited unless specific derogations apply.
However, this is changing. In 2026, the EU has been working toward a framework that would allow certain types of agricultural drones under defined conditions, with pesticides specifically authorised for drone aerial application and risk assessments.
So Europe is moving toward:
“Use drones when they can demonstrate lower/equivalent risk and more precise application.”
That makes precision agriculture + environmental benefits particularly important.
5 Septiembre 2026 à 13h29
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