Richard Ha writes:
This is how normal banana plants look from 400 feet, 200 feet and 60 feet in the air.
Aerial observation will be a great help in controlling the Banana Bunchy Top Virus (BBTV).
It’s amazing how much technology can help agriculture. In a few days, the team will identify markers of infected BBTV plants so they can be identified using infrared cameras.
There is no free lunch; subsidies only go so far. Farmers know that they need rely on themselves more and more in the future.