The crop-spraying drones that go Any Where on the farm

4 rotors UAV 10KG for crop spraying

 

There are something unusual happening on farms, in the small Central American nation of El Salvador. drones are now spraying for sugar cane.

Large unmanned hexacopters fitted with 20-litre tanks, for carrying fertiliser or pesticides spray crops accordingly.

The crop spraying need human teams to mange them, but labour is cheaper in emerging economies.

Efficiency of crop spraying drones

Single spray team can service 40 hectares one morning.

Economic of crop spraying drones

Drones are useful for farmhands, Because they can improve the spraying precition of pesticides or fungicides

One South African farmer recently claimed, that using drones reduced the pesticide use on her farm by 30%.

Crop spraying drones can reduce environmental damage, caused by over use of pesticides

Crop spraying drones in Philippine

For developing countries in highly competitive global agriculture markets, drones are clearly tempting.
The Philippines recently announced, that use drones to spraying 5,000 hectares of vegetable farms for test.

In the future, will farming be fully automated?

Stelios Kotakis at market research firm IHS Markit projected, that there would be around 400,000 shipments of drones to firms in 2017.

There are many tech companies that claim their drone-based farming systems, can increase farmers’ yields.

A large French farming co-operative called Ocealia has seen an average 10% increase in crop yields, according to the firm.

Drones may be automated but they still require humans to pilot, programme and service them, which raises the cost. But in developing countries where labour is cheaper, drones seem more commercially appealing.

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