Use of Drone in Pesticide Application / Agriculture

Government Policies & Interventions

E-Technology in the Aid of Farmers

Drone Technology in Use of Application of Pesticides:

Pesticides: Pesticides are one of the important agri-inputs to address protection of crops against a large number of pests that can wash away entire investment of farmers and hence they act as an essential input that yields substantial returns to the farmers.

Conventional Spraying of Pesticide:Conventional methods of pesticide spray application lead to several problems like:

Excessive application of chemicals, lower spray uniformity, unnecessary deposition and non-uniform coverage.

Resulting in excessive usage, water & soil pollution as well as higher expenditure on pesticides.

With conventional manual sprayers, the safety of operators is also a major concern.

Use of Drone Technology: The use of drone technology as a modern farming technique is aimed at making production more efficient through precise spraying of pesticides and crop nutrients.

This approach would not only ensure accuracy, uniformity in spray across the field, reduction in the overall use of chemicals within the area, but will also take care of the safety of the operators.

Other Uses of Drone Technology in Agriculture & Their Advantages:

Crop Monitoring: Drones are well-equipped with many features like multi-spectral and photo cameras.

Drones can be used for assessing the health of any vegetation or crop, field areas inflicted by weeds, infections and pests.

Optimum Nutrient Delivery: Based on an assessment, the exact amounts of chemicals needed to fight infestations can be applied thereby optimizing the overall cost for the farmer.

This will further help in doubling farmer’s income by 2022.

Better Crop Management: Drone planting systems have also been developed by many start-ups which allow drones to shoot pods, their seeds and spray vital nutrients into the soil.

Thus, this technology increases consistency and efficiency of crop management, besides reducing the cost.

This will help in enhancing the productivity as well as efficiency of the agriculture sector.

Use of drones in agriculture may also give ample opportunities to provide employment to people in rural areas.