AI-powered drones to help demine Ukrainian farmlands

Feb 1, 2025

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.
byYuri Zoria
31/01/2025
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Nibulon and Safe Pro after signing the agreement. 30 January 2025. Photo: Businesswire

 

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

According to the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine, as of August 2024, over 139,300 square kilometers of land were potentially contaminated by explosives left behind by the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian war. The World Bank estimates clearance could take more than a decade and cost over $35 billion.

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,

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.

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