FAO Director-General General José Graziano da Silva meeting with Governor of Gifu, Hajime Furuta. (Image source: FAO/Paulo DeLima)

Japan has a very unique food culture that can greatly contribute to improvements in global nutrition, FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva said today during his visit to the country

Forest of Sai Yok National Park, Thailand. (Image source: Uploader/Public domain/Commons)

Urgent action needed to stop the destruction of Asia’s forests and meet the 2030 development agenda

Precision Farming in Minnesota, USA. (Image source: NASA Earth Observatory, Jesse Allen/Commons)

The Global Precision Farming market accounted for US$2.81bn in 2014 and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 12.53 per cent to reach US$6.43bn by 2022

Agricultural drone market will be worth US$4.3bn by 2022. (Image source: Lima Pix/Flickr)

Regional analysis for agricultural drones market is studied in different geographic regions such as North- America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and rest of world, and suggests that the global market will be worth US$4.3bn by the year 2022

North America has acquired the largest market share in agricultural drones market due to growth in use of drones in California vineyard for making better wine. Europe is the second largest region leading which is driven by crop spraying methods which has led to precise and accurate spraying of pesticides and chemicals on slopes. Asia-Pacific region drives India in boosting its agricultural sector under the mission ‘Make in India’ which increases the need of agricultural drones in market.

The prominent players in Asia in the agricultural drones market are Yamaha Motor Company (Japan), Da-Jiang Innovations Science & Technology Corporation Ltd (China), and Blue Sky Agro (India).

The Global Agricultural Drones Market is growing rapidly over 27 per cent of CAGR and is expected to reach at US$4.3bn by the end of forecast period.