Maharashtra to use drone to assess crop damage.

Maharashtra using drones, satellites to assess crop damage.

There are drones flying over the fields in Marathwada region, assessing crop losses due to deficit rainfall, as the Maharashtra government turns to technology to ensure timely intervention and compensations for farmers in an area notorious for farmer suicides.

Skymet.

Private weather forecaster Skymet is using drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), to map 51 villages of Marathwada under a pilot project of the BJP .

2  more states to Start drone service.

Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh governments, expected to soon start using lowcost drones to assess crop losses.

International Participatory.

Reinsurance giant Swiss Re and Climate Change for Agriculture, a not-for-profit organisation based in Delhi, are also participating in the project to assess 186
villages in the state, using drones and satellite imagery.