Utilizing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) to Improve Agricultural Production in Developing Countries Struggling with Pre and Post Harvest Food Loss

This project aims to bridge Canadian talent with the rapidly growing technology scene in Asia, and vice versa. A huge opportunity – and challenge – that the world faces in the coming years is the issue of feeding the ever increasing global population without harming the environment. Currently, the agricultural industry is failing at this and we are already seeing the consequences this is having on people, especially on those living in underdeveloped and disadvantaged countries. Countries like Canada have the means and potential to play an enourmous role in using emerging technology to help transform the way food is produced and support the global population in a sustainable way.
One of the steps in producing food which needs drastic improvement is harvesting. A lot of food goes wasted simply because farmers don’t know the optimal time to harvest it or are unable to harvest it in time, so it goes bad before ever reaching stores or markets. Additionally, plants may become diseased and this may spread too fast for farmers to realistically save their crops, leading to massive yield losses.

Faculty Supervisor:

Shahram Yousefi

Student:

Partner:

Cansbridge Fellowship

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Advanced Manufacturing; Agriculture and Food; Sustainability & the Environment

University:

Queen's University

Program: