The use of drones for monitoring crops, sowing seeds, and applying fertilizer is expanding in China faster than in any other country.
XAG, a Guangzhou-based drone company working with smallholder farmers, said it has 42,000 drones making over 1.2 million flights every day.
Drones are part of the mechanization and intelligent intensive farming that is revolutionizing agricultural production in the country, according to a Chinese agricultural expert.
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