GLOBAL FIELD NOTES / BR

Brazil

Rapid adoption across crops, including soybean, runs alongside validation under local conditions.

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Development and current questions

ARARA research from the late 1990s and 2000s preceded wider sensing and spraying use. The 2021 agricultural drone rules and crop-specific quality evaluations support adoption.

  • Separate agricultural, aviation and airspace requirements
  • Crop-specific application quality
  • Operational records and reporting

30 sources

Reviewedresearch-institution · pt

Uso de drones agrícolas no Brasil: da pesquisa à prática ↗

Catalog and abstract of an 83-page technical book, noting that adoption needs more local technical evidence; the full book has not been fully reviewed.

Embrapa · Published: Unknown · Checked: 2026-10-30
Review scope: abstract-or-catalog
Reviewedprimary-institution · pt

Uso de drones em operações agrícolas ↗

Abstract of a 2023 thesis reviewing agricultural drone development; full-text review remains incomplete.

Centro Paula Souza · Published: Unknown · Checked: 2026-10-30
Review scope: abstract-or-catalog
Reviewedresearch-institution · pt

Uso de veículos aéreos não tripulados (VANT) em agricultura de precisão. ↗

This 2014 chapter describes Brazil’s ARARA development during 1999–2005 and autonomous operation in 2006, alongside sensing and control architecture; its regulations and specifications are historical.

Embrapa · Published: Unknown · Checked: 2026-10-30
Review scope: retrieved-article-content
Reviewedresearch-institution · pt

O avanço dos drones. ↗

The retrieved description of a 2014 outreach article documents the emergence of drones as precision-agriculture tools in Brazil rather than supplying current market statistics.

Embrapa / Revista DBO · Published: Unknown · Checked: 2026-10-30
Review scope: abstract-or-catalog
Reviewedresearch-institution · pt

Drones e Inteligência Artificial para o monitoramento de gado ↗

A technical chapter connects flight operations, imagery acquisition and model training for livestock monitoring; autonomous flight does not eliminate data-quality design.

Embrapa · Published: Unknown · Checked: 2026-10-30
Review scope: retrieved-article-content
Reviewedresearch-institution · pt

MacaúbaView — image preparation and processing guidance ↗

The service documents georeferenced TIFF inputs, resolution, orthorectification and calibration requirements, illustrating an explicit data contract for palm-detection analytics.

Embrapa · Published: Unknown · Checked: 2026-10-30
Review scope: retrieved-article-content