Regional Training on the Use of Drones, Satellite Imagery and GIS for Agriculture

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The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in partnership with the Geoinformatics Centre, Asian Institute of Technology organized a five-day training on the use of drones, satellite imagery and GIS from agriculture. The training held from 4-8 June 2018 at Asian Institute of Technology, Pathumthani, Thailand.

​FAO and ITU have been promoting the use of sustainable information and communication technologies for agriculture and the recent publication titled "E-agriculture in Action: Drones for Agriculture" is a step in that direction. To further build capacity among member countries in using these technologies to address some of the challenges in agriculture, FAO and ITU together with partners are conducting a regional training which also including hands-on training and experience sharing from FAO projects on the use of these technologies for disaster risk reduction. Download training concept note​. ​​​​​