GLOBAL FIELD NOTES / FR

France

Steep-vineyard operations and phenotyping infrastructure are prominent. The limited 2026 spraying framework requires crop-, product- and site-specific checks.

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Development and current questions

Examples span 2013 precision-viticulture adoption, 2010s PHENOME infrastructure, the 2019 PulvéDrone project and the 2025 law with 2026 implementation.

  • Design refill and containment with the launch area
  • Measure deposition on leaves and bunches
  • Connect observations with experimental metadata

30 sources

Reviewedgovernment · fr

Pulvérisation par voie aérienne des produits phytopharmaceutiques ↗

Explains the aerial-spraying prohibition and exceptions, including conditional drone programmes under the 2025 law and 2026 implementation.

Ministère de l’Agriculture · Published: Unknown · Checked: 2026-10-30
Review scope: Retrieved source text; exact review extent was not recorded.
Reviewedgovernment · fr

Protection des cultures : textes autorisant l’utilisation de drones ↗

Explains 2026 implementing measures limited to selected products and situations, rather than a general authorisation to spray.

Ministère de l’Agriculture · Published: Unknown · Checked: 2026-10-30
Review scope: Retrieved source text; exact review extent was not recorded.
Reviewedresearch · fr

Le point sur la pulvérisation par drone en viticulture ↗

Shows why landing areas, mobile refill tanks, spill containment, risk mapping and training must be designed before vineyard deployment.

Institut Français de la Vigne et du Vin · Published: Unknown · Checked: 2026-10-30
Review scope: Retrieved source text; exact review extent was not recorded.
Reviewedresearch · fr

Phénotypage au champ ↗

Connects experimental design, aerial and ground acquisition, preprocessing, labelling and analysis in a single research workflow.

INRAE Phenotoul · Published: Unknown · Checked: 2026-10-30
Review scope: Retrieved source text; exact review extent was not recorded.
Reviewedgovernment · fr

Instruction DGAL/SAS/2026-315: réduction de la dérive ↗

A 2026 instruction sets out drift-reducing equipment and a procedure for adding devices to the list.

Ministère de l’Agriculture · Published: Unknown · Checked: 2026-10-30
Review scope: Retrieved source text; exact review extent was not recorded.
Reviewedresearch · fr

Phénome-Emphasis ↗

Links drones and ground robots to the 4P processing platform and PHIS information system.

INRAE UE APC · Published: Unknown · Checked: 2026-10-30
Review scope: Retrieved source text; exact review extent was not recorded.
Reviewedresearch · fr

Les drones au service de l’expérimentation agricole ↗

Describes multispectral UAV sensing tailored to the resolution and revisit needs of small-plot variety trials.

ARVALIS · Published: Unknown · Checked: 2026-10-30
Review scope: Retrieved source text; exact review extent was not recorded.
Reviewedresearch · fr

Plateforme DiaPhen ↗

Integrates soil, climate and water-stress measurements with phenotyping to interpret crop variation beyond imagery alone.

INRAE DiaScope · Published: Unknown · Checked: 2026-10-30
Review scope: Retrieved source text; exact review extent was not recorded.
Reviewedresearch · fr

Trois jeunes pousses de la précision ↗

Profiles precision-agriculture businesses and emphasises timing and economic value alongside spatial measurement.

INRAE · Published: Unknown · Checked: 2026-10-30
Review scope: Retrieved source text; exact review extent was not recorded.
Reviewedresearch · fr

L’œil numérique à l’affût des cultures ↗

Explains complementary satellite and close-range observation and the need to compare models with measurements.

INRAE · Published: Unknown · Checked: 2026-10-30
Review scope: Retrieved source text; exact review extent was not recorded.
Reviewededucation · fr

Semis de couvert végétal par drone ↗

A 2022 demonstration paused seeding when wind increased, illustrating the need for ground follow-up and rescheduling.

UFA Avignon · Published: Unknown · Checked: 2026-10-30
Review scope: Retrieved source text; exact review extent was not recorded.
Reviewedgovernment · fr

Le développement de l’agriculture numérique en France ↗

A 2026 policy analysis separates equipment, software, AgriTech and advisory services while examining financing and adoption.

Ministère de l’Agriculture · Published: Unknown · Checked: 2026-10-30
Review scope: Retrieved source text; exact review extent was not recorded.
Unavailablegovernment · fr

ANSES note 2022-AST-0026 on drone spraying experiments ↗

Key candidate assessment of drift and canopy deposition; search excerpts were retrieved but PDF access was denied.

ANSES · Published: Unknown · Checked: 2026-10-30
Review scope: Search result or inaccessible source; underlying document not reviewed.
Candidategovernment · fr

Loi 2025-365 — exposé des motifs ↗

Candidate legislative rationale for the 2025 law; search content was available but the redirected page had no readable body.

Légifrance / Vie publique · Published: Unknown · Checked: 2026-10-30
Review scope: Search result or inaccessible source; underlying document not reviewed.
Reviewedgovernment · fr

Arrêté du 26 août 2019: expérimentation drone ↗

Original conditions of the 2019 experiment, retained as regulatory history rather than current operating permission.

Légifrance · Published: Unknown · Checked: 2026-10-30
Review scope: Retrieved source text; exact review extent was not recorded.
Reviewedgovernment · fr

Expérimentation de pulvérisation par drone : absence de textes d’application ↗

Parliamentary question records late-2025 implementation delays, illustrating gaps between legislation, equipment investment and operational readiness; it is historical context, not the current legal position.

Assemblée nationale · Published: Unknown · Checked: 2026-10-30
Review scope: Retrieved source text; exact review extent was not recorded.
Reviewedresearch · fr

COMPTE : calcul du peuplement automatisé ↗

Develops drone-based stand counts for maize, sunflower, soybean and sorghum, linking annotated images and prototype modules to the shared 4P phenotyping platform.

INRAE · Published: Unknown · Checked: 2026-10-30
Review scope: Retrieved source text; exact review extent was not recorded.
Reviewedresearch · fr

AgroPhen : installation technique de phénotypage en microparcelles ↗

Integrates soil sensors, ground robots and drones for field trials, with services spanning mission design, preprocessing, labelling, machine learning, statistics and reports.

INRAE · Published: Unknown · Checked: 2026-10-30
Review scope: Retrieved source text; exact review extent was not recorded.
Reviewedresearch · fr

Les drones : un vecteur de progrès pour l’agriculture ? ↗

A 2015 analysis argues for complementary drones, aircraft and satellites and locates value in validated agronomic advice combining imagery with soil, variety and weather context.

ARVALIS · Published: 2015-03-06 · Checked: 2026-10-30
Review scope: Retrieved source text; exact review extent was not recorded.
Reviewedresearch · fr

Arbre de décision : utilisation des outils de phénotypage ↗

Decision tree compares phenotyping tools by plot scale, crop height, weeds, weather, pilot training and accessibility, tying technology choice to measurement needs and field conditions.

GEVES · Published: Unknown · Checked: 2026-10-30
Review scope: Retrieved source text; exact review extent was not recorded.
Reviewedresearch · fr

Pulvérisation par drone en viticulture et dérive aérienne ↗

PULVEDRONE trials show strongly nozzle-dependent airborne drift. Findings and operational recommendations belong to the tested 2019–2021 context, not every drone and field configuration.

Institut Français de la Vigne et du Vin · Published: Unknown · Checked: 2026-10-30
Review scope: Retrieved source text; exact review extent was not recorded.
Reviewedgovernment · fr

Consultation publique sur les programmes d’application par drone ↗

2026 consultation explains the distinction between eligible routine situations and experimental programmes, including assessment, operators, aircraft, health/environment safeguards and reporting.

Ministère de l’Agriculture · Published: 2026-05-21 · Checked: 2026-10-30
Review scope: Retrieved source text; exact review extent was not recorded.