The use of unmanned aerial vehicles in monitoring the implementation of the project to introduce unused agricultural land in the Penza region

Abstract

The article discusses the need to increase agricultural production in connection with the growth of the world's population. One of the ways to accelerate the development of agricultural production is the extensive commissioning of unused agricultural land. A project has been approved in Penza region providing for the introduction of 181 thousand hectares of such land plots for the period of 2017-2020. To control the project performance in a monitoring mode, it is recommended to use unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Due to the objective difficulties facing regional agricultural producers, primarily the lack of financial resources, it is recommended to use public resources in the form of grants, subsidies, private-state investments to create UAV stations. It is also possible to attract UAVs under the guarantees of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Penza Region that are managed by the regional Ministry of Emergencies and military units.