Drones are really useful for some operations like spaying to reach places difficult by man and machine. Time was also saved. please add other applications which is cost-effective for Indian farmers.
Dr Rajvir Yadav
Drones can assist farmers in optimizing the use of inputs (seed, fertilizers, and water), responding more quickly to threats (weeds, pests, and fungi), saving time crop scouting (validating treatment/actions taken), improving variable-rate prescriptions in real-time, and estimating yield from a field.
The government has issued standard operating procedures (SoP) for the use of drones to spray pesticides on agricultural crops, a step that industry association CropLife India applauded on Thursday. Certain restrictions will apply to the use of drones for aerial pesticide spraying.
More information is available at https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/miscellaneous/government-issues-sop-for-use-of-drone-in-crop-protection-croplife-india-welcomes-move/articleshow/88191294.cms?from=mdr
Drones are very useful to acquire real time agricultural data/information and immediate operation for agricultural work.
Drones can help farmers to optimize the use of inputs (seed, fertilizers, water), to react more quickly to threats (weeds, pests, fungi), to save time crop scouting (validate treatment/actions taken), to improve variable-rate prescriptions in real time and estimate yield from a field. Moreover, agriculture drone empowers the farmer to adapt to specific environments and make mindful choices. The gained data helps regulate crop health, crop treatment, crop scouting, irrigation, and carry out field soil analysis and crop damage assessments. The drone survey helps boost crop yields and minimize time and expenses. Therefore, drone used in precision agriculture has a lot of benefits to farmers which allows them to save their money in managing their crop by increasing the yield and the productivity. The drone can be used to count the plants, nutrient applicator sprayer, mapping and NDVI plant health indexing.
Agriculture drones can see which plants reflect different amounts of green light and Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) light. This data helps produce multispectral images to track crop health. Quick monitoring and discoveries of any defects can help save crops. Drone also worked as an efficient field planning, agricultural drones can be used for soil and field analysis. They can be used to mount sensors to evaluate moisture content in the soil, terrain conditions, soil conditions, soil erosion, nutrients content, and fertility of the soil. In supporting precision farming, drones can do soil health scans, monitor crop health, assist in planning irrigation schedules, apply fertilizers, estimate yield data and provide valuable data for weather analysis.
Please read this article
Hafeez A, Husain MA, Singh SP, et al (2022) Implementation of drone technology for farm monitoring & pesticide spraying: A review. Information Processing in Agriculture. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inpa.2022.02.002
Dear Dr Rajvir Yadav . Agri-drones can be used to spray chemicals as they have reservoirs, which can be filled with fertilizers and pesticides for spraying on crops in very little time, as compared to traditional methods. Thus, drone technology can usher in a new era for precision agriculture. See the following link: https://tropogo.com/blogs/application-of-drones-in-agriculture-in-india#:~:text=Agri%2Ddrones%20can%20be%20used,new%20era%20for%20precision%20agriculture.
Kindly see also the following useful link: http://www.niam.res.in/sites/default/files/pdfs/Use-of-Drone-in-Indian-Agriculture.pdf
Also check please the following useful link: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.agribusinessglobal.com/agtech/flying-high-the-future-of-drone-technology-in-indian-agriculture/%3Famp
Drones will surely help in spotted pesticide spraying after pest and disease surveillance by the drones themselves. I agree with Aref Wazwaz regarding the spraying of chemicals.
Yet one of the key roles of drones would be to escalate precision farming. Please see:
Article Agriculture drones: A modern breakthrough in precision agriculture
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