Politics & technology: U.S. polices restricting unmanned aerial systems in agriculture

Food Policy

Volumn 49, Issue P1, 2014, Pages 302-311

  Freeman, P K ^a   Freeland, R S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Drone; FAA; UAS; UAV; Unmanned aerial vehicles

Indexed keywords

AERIAL SURVEY; AGRICULTURAL APPLICATION; AGRICULTURAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; PROPERTY RIGHTS; REGULATORY APPROACH; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLE;

EID: 84907969351     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2014.09.008     Document Type: Article

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