South Sumatra

South Sumatra mixes palm and rubber with tidal rice fields along the coast.

Tidal paddies

In tidal swamp rice, water rises and falls with the tide and farm tracks are cut by canals. The drone can launch from the embankment and still reach plots in the middle of the block.

Around Musi Banyuasin and Banyuasin

Many smallholder palms sit right next to paddies and houses, so buffer distances from homes, fish ponds and water sources are written into every flight plan.