AI-powered drones to help demine Ukrainian farmlands
Ukraine's agricultural giant Nibulon partners with Safe Pro to deploy AI-powered drones for detecting explosives on contaminated farmland and restoring food production.
Safe Pro Group Inc. has entered a multi-year agreement with Ukrainian agricultural leader NIBULON Ltd. to deploy AI-powered drone technology for detecting landmines in farmland, Businesswire reports.
The partnership will utilize Safe Pro’s SpotlightAI platform, which runs on Amazon Web Services cloud infrastructure, to survey agricultural areas potentially contaminated by explosives.
According to NASA Harvest, the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian war has forced the abandonment of 5.2 to 6.9 million acres (2.1-2.8 million hectares) of farmland, resulting in $2 billion in lost crops in 2023 – enough to feed 25 million people for a year.
NIBULON’s Director of Government Relations, Mykhailo Rizak, stated,
“Agriculture is one of the cornerstones of Ukraine’s economy and an important contributor to the stability of global food supplies, which has been significantly disrupted by nearly three years of war.”
According to Businesswire’s report, Safe Pro’s AI system has already analyzed 931,107 drone images in Ukraine, identifying 18,300 explosive remnants across 10,514 acres or 4,254 hectares. The platform processes each image in 0.2 seconds, compared to several minutes for manual analysis.
Related:
- Ukraine’s sappers clear about 30 km², neutralize over 1,500 explosives in one week
- Ukraine unveils MP.5100 demining vehicle to clear 144,000 square km of war-contaminated land
- Ukrainian soldiers receive EOD training in Britain under Operation Interflex
- Ukraine clears 20% of mine-contaminated farmland liberated from Russian forces
- Ukraine expands demining job opportunities for veterans and disabled
- Ukrainian sappers race against the world’s largest minefield
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