Agricultural lands are a strategic resource that ensures the food security of the population. They act as the main means of production in agriculture, have a special legal regime and are subject to special protection aimed at preserving their area, preventing the development of negative soil processes and increasing soil fertility. Irrational and inappropriate use of agricultural lands leads to their degradation, which consists in loss of fertility, overgrowth, clogging and other negative consequences that negatively affect the possibility of obtaining agricultural products. The functioning of all branches of agriculture and the economy as a whole depends on the rational use of land resources, therefore the most important task of state land management is the organization of land monitoring. This work is aimed at investigating the relationship between the state of crops, estimated using the NDVI index, and the level of weed contamination, as well as applying the data obtained to develop recommendations for optimizing the use of UAVs in agriculture.
sel'skoe hozyaystvo, rastitel'nost', zasorennost', vegetacionnye indeksy, mo-nitoring, bespilotnye tehnologii