Enhancing palm precision agriculture: An approach based on deep learning and UAVs for efficient palm tree detection

Yosra Hajjaji, Wadii Boulila, Imed Riadh Farah, Anis Koubaa

Abstract: Highlights•Novel YOLOv8-based approach for date palm tree detection and counting.•Comparative analysis of detection methods are presented.•Quantitative and qualitative evaluation with six recent models are presented.•Several experiments are conducted using real-world and public datasets.