Belgium to use satellites and drones to increase potato crop

A plan has been launched to use precision farming to boost potato growing in Belgium.

Belgium has become the biggest exporter of frozen potatoes in the world, volume-wise, but is pardoxically also the biggest importer of fresh potatoes.

Their potato crop is historically high, at 80,000 hectares, but it is planned to further increase production, and use more home-grown potatoes for processing.