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Technology: Drones drive 'intelligent agriculture'

Local authorities are using drones to spray pesticides on wheat fields in Xinghua, Jiangsu province. It is part of a program to develop what is being called "intelligent agriculture". As of June, drones owned by farms in China reached 4,890, doubling from the end of 2015, according to the Ministry of Agriculture. As less than 2 percent of the 122 million hectares of arable land in China use drones, there is a huge market potential for them.