What the community believes
Drones may be helpful in performing tasks automatically which releases farmers and workers to do other tasks, but there are privacy and security issues that would need to be looked at carefully before drones should be implemented in this way.
-Anonymous
Agriculture is a broad topic; the use of technology (drones or robotics) can simplify usually mundane work for farmers. They may be useful where farmers may find themselves conducting less than safe duties. Robots and drones are also useful for collecting data in extreme conditions and so on.
-Silvana Pavia, teacher at St. Monica's College Epping
ICT is influencing the world of work and education, so agriculture is not exempt. I believe that ICT will enhance the capability of our farmers to maximise production at a reasonably lower cost for a better profit. Drones are one way but there are other technologies like surveillance cameras. Governments, both state and Federal need to make funds available to subsidise those on the land to utilise those technologies which will help them do better
-Dr. Fulvio Frijo, director of Information Technology at St. Monica's College Epping
What do we think?
Stefan Sekuleski:
"I think that using IT in Agriculture is a great idea however, the people using it will need to prepare for problems as It can fail at any given moment which can be devastating for a company/farm if they rely so heavily on it.
Christian Dalla Rosa:
"I think that a big issue in this area is when someone buys an expensive machine, only for it to turn out to not work as intended (or be immediately made redundant by another new piece of technology). This is a drain on both the time and resources of farmers."
Tony Darcy:
"I think that using ICT is great as long as farmers can still use traditional farming methods in case it does not work as they expected it to."
"I think that using IT in Agriculture is a great idea however, the people using it will need to prepare for problems as It can fail at any given moment which can be devastating for a company/farm if they rely so heavily on it.
Christian Dalla Rosa:
"I think that a big issue in this area is when someone buys an expensive machine, only for it to turn out to not work as intended (or be immediately made redundant by another new piece of technology). This is a drain on both the time and resources of farmers."
Tony Darcy:
"I think that using ICT is great as long as farmers can still use traditional farming methods in case it does not work as they expected it to."