The agriculture drone market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 31.1% from 2019 to reach $5.19 billion by 2025. Growing population, environmental degradation, global warming, and a vast reduction in arable land leads to food insecurity, globally. Unpredictable weather pattern or changing global climatic conditions leads to severe natural disasters, making it more complicated. As a result, to mitigate the food insecurity and feed the teeming population, farmers are swinging towards the highly advanced agricultural techniques such as precision farming. It resulted into an extensive demand for an ICT-based advanced agricultural tools and techniques, including the use of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) or drone technology, to keep up with increasing demand and optimize the farm yield in sustainable way by preventing environmental damages.
Rising automation in agriculture to propel the growth of the agriculture drones market
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) projected that the global population will reach to 9.1 billion by year 2050, and to feed this population, food production should be increased by at least 70%. Traditional farming techniques and decreasing farm labor availability is making agriculture economically unviable and inefficient. As a result, modernization and automation has become a positive trend in agriculture, as it is the only way to feed the teeming population.
Drones in agriculture can ignite a big change in improving the efficiency of agriculture. Drones are alternative to the lack of skilled human resources and other heavy machines and tools or equipment. For several precision agricultural applications like day-to-day crop monitoring, soil and field analysis, irrigation, crop spraying, crop field mapping, crop health assessment, and livestock monitoring, among other applications, drones are coming with the cheap and economical solutions, leading to their higher adoption in the developed countries and looking a better future in developing countries as well. These agricultural drones can spray 40-60% faster than manual spraying with saving 30-50% in chemicals. Apart from this, they are also capable to conserve upto 90% of water used for agriculture.
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Hardware segment to dominate the global agriculture drones market
On the basis of component, hardware segment is estimated to command the largest share of the overall agriculture drones market in 2019. Growing need for replacement, upgradation, and modification in the drone hardware components to increase the lifespan and performance of drones as well as to gain competitive advantage is driving the growth of this market. In addition, growing attention of the companies towards the modification and creation of drone structure to make them work under any extreme climatic conditions is further supporting the growth of this market. However, software segment is expected to grow with the fastest CAGR during the forecast period, owing to growing software technology and increasing software demand for better data analysis in the precision agriculture.
Rotary blade drones to witness the largest demand through 2025
Rotary blade drone is estimated to command the largest share of the overall agriculture drones hardware market in 2019, due to its greater maneuverability and compact design, easy to use nature, higher payload capacity, and comparatively lower price than the other types of drones. These drones require less space to take flight; can hover mid-flight; and can maneuver above and around farm for easy inspection, mapping, and monitoring.
Precision agriculture application dominates the overall agriculture drones market
Based on application, the agriculture drones market is segmented into precision agriculture, livestock monitoring, smart greenhouse, irrigation, precision fish farming, and other applications. Owing to the growing demand of drones in numerous precision agricultural operations, including weed detection, plant counting, crop health monitoring, and harvest season monitoring, among others for gaining better productivity and enhancing revenues; the precision agriculture application segment is estimated to account for the largest share of the overall agriculture drones market in 2019. However, irrigation application segment is projected to grow with the fastest CAGR during the forecast period. The fast growth of this segment is mainly attributed to growing global demand of drones for water management and drought management.
North America is estimated to account for the largest share of the overall agriculture drones market in 2019, followed by Europe and Asia-Pacific. The major share of this region is mainly attributed to growing demand for high quality crops, growing cost of labor, increasing automation in agricultural practices, and favourable regulations on the use of small drones for agriculture. However, Asia Pacific region is slated to register the fastest CAGR during the forecast period. The growth in this market is primarily attributed to rapid growth in the population and surging food demand, accelerated economic growth of countries in the region, rising technological advancements in agriculture sector, and government funding for precision farming
Key Players
The report also includes extensive assessment of the key strategic developments adopted by leading market participants in the industry over the past 5 years. The key players operating in the global agriculture drones market are SZ DJI Technology Co., Ltd., (China), AeroVironment, Inc. (U.S.), Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd. (Israel), PrecisionHawk Inc. (U.S.), Trimble Inc. (U.S.), Parrot S.A. (France), Microdrones GmbH (Germany), AgEagle Aerial Systems Inc. (U.S.), American Robotics, Inc. (U.S.), Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Japan), and Sentera, Inc. (U.S.), among others.
Market by Product
Market by Application
Market by Geography
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1. Introduction
1.1. Market Ecosystem
1.2. Currency and Limitations
1.2.1. Currency
1.2.2. Limitations
1.3. Key Stakeholders
2. Research Methodology
2.1. Research Process
2.1.1. Secondary Research
2.1.2. Primary Research
2.1.3. Market Size Estimation
3. Executive Summary
3.1. Introduction
3.2. Product Analysis
3.3. Regional Analysis
3.4. Key Players
4. Market Insights
4.1. Introduction
4.2. Drivers
4.2.1. Growing Global Population and Rising Pressure on Global Food Supply
4.2.2. Growth in Venture Funding for Development of Agriculture Drones
4.2.3. Growing E-Agriculture or Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in Agriculture
4.2.4. Rising Automation in Agriculture
4.2.5. Growing Emphasis on Enhancing Agriculture Efficiency
4.2.6. Rising Need for Water Conservation
4.3. Restraints
4.3.1. Technical Limitation of Drones
4.4. Opportunities
4.4.1. Emerging Economies: Asia Pacific and Latin America
4.5. Challenges
4.5.1. Difficult Financial Situation
4.5.2. Quality of Data Captured
4.5.3. Lack of Technical Knowledge Among Farmers
5. Global Agriculture Drones Market, by Product
5.1. Introduction
5.2. Hardware
5.2.1. Introduction
5.2.2. Rotary Blade Drones
5.2.3. Fixed Wing Drones
5.2.4. Hybrid Drone
5.3. Software
5.3.1. Flight Management Software
5.3.2. Data Management Software
5.3.3. Drone Mapping Software
5.3.4. Image Processing Software
5.3.5. Data Analytics Software
6. Global Agriculture Drones Market, by Application
6.1. Introduction
6.2. Precision Agriculture
6.2.1. Field Mapping
6.2.2. Crop Health Monitoring
6.2.3. Variable Rate Applications
6.2.4. Others
6.3. Livestock Monitoring
6.4. Smart Greenhouse
6.5. Irrigation
6.6. Precision Fish Farming
6.7. Others
7. Geographic Analysis
7.1. Introduction
7.2. North America
7.2.1. Introduction
7.2.2. U.S.
7.2.3. Canada
7.2.4. Mexico
7.3. Europe
7.3.1. Introduction
7.3.2. U.K.
7.3.3. Germany
7.3.4. France
7.3.5. Italy
7.3.6. Spain
7.3.7. Rest of Europe
7.4. Asia Pacific
7.4.1. Introduction
7.4.2. China
7.4.3. Japan
7.4.4. India
7.4.5. Australia
7.4.6. Rest of Asia-Pacific
7.5. Rest of World
7.5.1. Introduction
7.5.2. South America
7.5.3. Middle East and Africa
8. Competitive Landscape
8.1. Introduction
8.2. New Product Launches
8.3. Partnerships, Collaboration, and Agreement
8.4. Upgradation
9. Company Profiles (Business Overview, Financial Overview, Product Portfolio, Strategic Developments)
9.1. SZ DJI Technology Co., Ltd.
9.2. Parrot S.A.
9.3. PrecisionHawk Inc.
9.4. AeroVironment, Inc.
9.5. Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd
9.6. Trimble Inc.
9.7. Microdrones GmbH
9.8. AgEagle Aerial Systems, Inc.
9.9. American Robotics, Inc.
9.10. Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd.
9.11. Sentera, Inc.
10. Appendix
10.1. Questionnaire
10.2. Available Customization
List of Tables
Table 1 Global Agriculture Drones Market: Impact Analysis of Market Drivers (2019-2025)
Table 2 Precision Agriculture: UAVs Vs Traditional Manned Aircraft Vs Satellite-Based System
Table 3 Global Agriculture Drones Market Size, by Product, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 4 Global Agriculture Drones Hardware Market Size, by Type, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 5 Rotary Blade Drones Market Size, by Country/Region, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 6 Fixed-Wing Drones Market Size, by Country/Region, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 7 Hybrid Drones Market Size, by Country/Region, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 8 Agriculture Drones Software Market Size, by Country/Region, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 9 Global Agriculture Drones Market Size, by Application, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 10 Global Agriculture Drones Market Size for Precision Agriculture, by Type, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 11 Agriculture Drones Market Size for Field Mapping, by Country/Region, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 12 Agriculture Drones Market Size for Crop Health Monitoring, by Country/Region, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 13 Agriculture Drones Market Size for Variable Rate Application, by Country/Region, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 14 Agriculture Drones Market Size for Other Precision Agriculture Applications, by Country/Region, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 15 Agriculture Drones Market Size for Livestock Monitoring, by Country/Region, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 16 Agriculture Drones Market Size for Smart Greenhouse, by Country/Region, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 17 Agriculture Drones Market Size for Irrigation, by Country/Region, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 18 Agriculture Drones Market Size for Precision Fish Farming, by Country/Region, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 19 Agriculture Drones Market Size for Others, by Country/Region, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 20 Agriculture Drones Market Size, by Region, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 21 North America: Agriculture Drones Market Size, by Country, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 22 North America: Agriculture Drones Market Size, by Product, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 23 North America: Agriculture Drones Hardware Market Size, by Type, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 24 North America: Agriculture Drones Market Size, by Application, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 25 North America: Agriculture Drones Market Size for Precision Agriculture, by Type, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 26 U.S.: Agriculture Drones Market Size, by Product, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 27 U.S.: Agriculture Drones Hardware Market Size, by Type, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 28 U.S.: Agriculture Drones Market Size, by Application, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 29 U.S.: Agriculture Drones Market Size for Precision Agriculture, by Type, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 30 Canada: Agriculture Drones Market Size, by Product, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 31 Canada: Agriculture Drones Hardware Market Size, by Type, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 32 Canada: Agriculture Drones Market Size, by Application, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 33 Canada: Agriculture Drones Market Size for Precision Agriculture, by Type, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 34 Mexico: Agriculture Drones Market Size, by Product, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 35 Mexico: Agriculture Drones Hardware Market Size, by Type, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 36 Mexico: Agriculture Drones Market Size, by Application, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 37 Mexico: Agriculture Drones Market Size for Precision Agriculture, by Type, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 38 Europe: Agriculture Drone Market Size, by Country, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 39 Europe: Agriculture Drones Market Size, by Product, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 40 Europe: Agriculture Drones Hardware Market Size, by Type, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 41 Europe: Agriculture Drones Market Size, by Application, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 42 Europe: Agriculture Drones Market Size for Precision Agriculture, by Type, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 43 U.K.: Agriculture Drones Market Size, by Product, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 44 U.K.: Agriculture Drone Market Hardware Size, by Type, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 45 U.K.: Agriculture Drones Market Size, by Application, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 46 U.K.: Agriculture Drones Market Size for Precision Agriculture, by Type, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 47 Germany: Agriculture Drones Market Size, by Product, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 48 Germany: Agriculture Drones Hardware Market Size, by Type, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 49 Germany: Agriculture Drones Market Size, by Application, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 50 Germany: Agriculture Drones Market Size for Precision Agriculture, by Type, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 51 France: Agriculture Drones Market Size, by Product, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 52 France: Agriculture Drones Hardware Market Size, by Type, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 53 France: Agriculture Drones Market Size, by Application, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 54 France: Agriculture Drones Market Size for Precision Agriculture, by Type, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 55 Italy: Agriculture Drones Market Size, by Product, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 56 Italy: Agriculture Drones Hardware Market Size, by Type, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 57 Italy: Agriculture Drones Market Size, by Application, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 58 Italy: Agriculture Drones Market Size for Precision Agriculture, by Type, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 59 Spain: Agriculture Drones Market Size, by Product, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 60 Spain: Agriculture Drones Hardware Market Size, by Type, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 61 Spain: Agriculture Drones Market Size, by Application, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 62 Spain: Agriculture Drones Market Size for Precision Agriculture, by Type, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 63 Rest of Europe: Agriculture Drones Market Size, by Product, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 64 Rest of Europe: Agriculture Drones Hardware Market Size, by Type, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 65 Rest of Europe: Agriculture Drones Market Size, by Application, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 66 Rest of Europe: Agriculture Drones Market Size for Precision Agriculture, by Type, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 67 Asia-Pacific: Agriculture Drone Market Size, by Country, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 68 Asia-Pacific: Agriculture Drones Market Size, by Product, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 69 Asia-Pacific: Agriculture Drones Hardware Market Size, by Type, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 70 Asia-Pacific: Agriculture Drones Market Size, by Application, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 71 Asia-Pacific: Agriculture Drones Market Size for Precision Agriculture, by Type, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 72 China: Agriculture Drones Market Size, by Product, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 73 China: Agriculture Drones Hardware Market Size, by Type, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 74 China: Agriculture Drones Market Size, by Application, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 75 China: Agriculture Drones Market Size for Precision Agriculture, by Type, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 76 Japan: Agriculture Drones Market Size, by Product, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 77 Japan: Agriculture Drones Hardware Market Size, by Type, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 78 Japan: Agriculture Drones Market Size, by Application, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 79 Japan: Agriculture Drones Market Size for Precision Agriculture, by Type, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 80 India: Agriculture Drones Market Size, by Product, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 81 India: Agriculture Drones Hardware Market Size, by Type, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 82 India: Agriculture Drones Market Size, by Application, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 83 India: Agriculture Drones Market Size for Precision Agriculture, by Type, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 84 Australia: Agriculture Drones Market Size, by Product, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 85 Australia: Agriculture Drones Hardware Market Size, by Type, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 86 Australia: Agriculture Drones Market Size, by Application, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 87 Australia: Agriculture Drones Market Size for Precision Agriculture, by Type, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 88 Rest of APAC: Agriculture Drones Market Size, by Product, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 89 Rest of APAC: Agriculture Drones Hardware Market Size, by Type, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 90 Rest of APAC: Agriculture Drones Market Size, by Application, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 91 Rest of APAC: Agriculture Drones Market Size for Precision Agriculture, by Type, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 92 Rest of World: Agriculture Drone Market Size, by Region, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 93 Rest of World: Agriculture Drones Market Size, by Product, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 94 Rest of World: Agriculture Drones Hardware Market Size, by Type, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 95 Rest of World: Agriculture Drones Market Size, by Application, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 96 Rest of World: Agriculture Drones Market Size for Precision Agriculture, by Type, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 97 South America: Agriculture Drones Market Size, by Product, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 98 South America: Agriculture Drones Hardware Market Size, by Type, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 99 South America: Agriculture Drones Market Size, by Application, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 100 South America: Agriculture Drones Market Size for Precision Agriculture, by Type, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 101 Middle East and Africa: Agriculture Drones Market Size, by Product, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 102 Middle East and Africa: Agriculture Drones Hardware Market Size, by Type, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 103 Middle East and Africa: Agriculture Drones Market Size, by Application, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 104 Middle East and Africa: Agriculture Drones Market Size for Precision Agriculture, by Type, 2017-2025 (USD Million)
Table 105 Number of Developments by Leading Companies, 2015-2019
Table 106 New Product Launches
Table 107 Partnerships, Collaborations, and Agreements
Table 108 Upgradations
List of Figures
Figure 1 Scope of the Global Agriculture Drones Market
Figure 2 Key Stakeholders in the Global Agriculture Drones Market
Figure 3 Research Process
Figure 4 Key Executives Interviewed
Figure 5 Primary Research Techniques
Figure 6 Markey Size Estimation
Figure 7 Future Outlook of Hardware and Software, 2019-2025
Figure 8 Precision Agriculture Application Dominate the Market During the Forecast Period
Figure 9 Global Agriculture Drones Market Share, by Geography, 2018 (%)
Figure 10 Market Dynamics
Figure 11 Key Players: Venture Capital Investment in Commercial Drones (USD Million)
Figure 12 Key Adopters of Agriculture Drones, 2018
Figure 13 Japan: Age Profile of Population Engaged in Agriculture, 2016
Figure 14 Japan: Smart Agriculture Composition Ratio, by Segment, 2016 (%)
Figure 15 Key Growth Strategies Adopted by Leading Players, 2015-2019
Figure 17 Parrot S.A.: Financial Overview, 2015-2017
Figure 18 AeroVironment, Inc.: Financial Overview, 2016-2018
Figure 19 Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd.: Financial Overview, 2016-2018
Figure 20 Trimble Inc.: Financial Overview, 2016-2018
Figure 21 AgEagle Aerial Systems Inc.: Financial Overview, 2016-2018
Figure 22 Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd.: Financial Overview, 2016-2018
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