Drones to Explore Water Potential of Dry River Beds
Published on by Vishakha Rajput, Previous COO The Water Network at AquaSPE AG in Technology
Research group A4Lab deployed a drone of Mozambique-based company ThirdEye, to assess the water availability in the dry river beds of the Limpopo river , in Moazambique .
The exploration is to deliver more data on the amounts of water in the sandy river beds throughout the dry season with the potential for intensifying irrigated agriculture.
The aerial exploration was carried out by the A4Lab Mozambique partners, including local authorities of Quijá District, the NGOs Oxfam Mozambique, ADCR and Kulima, the Institute Superior Politécnica de Gaza - together with Tibor Stigter and Pieter van der Zaag of IHE Delft, The Netherlands.
News was originally published at DutchWaterSector
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