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- UAS Application in Agriculture: A Review of Technologies Possible to Apply in PortugalPublication . Almeida, Alex Seyfarth; Silva, Jorge Miguel dos ReisThe world population has been significantly growing over the last years. Consequently, also the needs and search of raw materials and goods has been increasing. In this context, the production, in a sustainable way and in the needed quantities, of food is a source of concern and study. At the same time a big evolution in the Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) has been verified, both in terms at the level of the equipment, and the operational scenarios where they have been used. Portugal presents itself as a country where the agriculture and livestock activities have a very big predominance in the use of the available soil and the economy. However, the lack of studies and implementation of new technologies keeps on being a limiting factor to the increase of productivity, sustainable use of the available resources and of the value that agriculture adds to the national trade balance. The main objective of this dissertation was to show that it is possible to apply several new methods and techniques, more specifically UAVs, to the Portuguese agricultural scenario. For this extensive research was carried out and a set of studies with the potential to be adapted and implement in Portugal were selected, encompassing different cultures and activities associated with them. After the chosen studies had been exposed and carefully analysed it was possible to perceive that the application of UAS’ in Portuguese agriculture would be a great added value insofar as it could lead to savings of several million euros both in increasing productivity, as well as in reducing costs with chemicals and field tests that are becoming obsolete. The saving of limited natural resources, namely water is also a very important factor.