AGRICULTURAL DRONE Made by SYED SAIF, MOHD ABDUL SH A HROZ , SHAIK WAZEED, SHAIK RIZWAN, MOHD SUMER UDDIN .
Agricultural drones for Farmers, Technology for Agropreneurs & modern day farming.
INTRODUCTION Drones are formally known as unmanned aerial vehicle which is essentially a flying robot. It can be controlled by either pilot from the ground or it can be autonomous . The drones which are used for agriculture purpose are called as agriculture drone . In current scenario it is also being used for surveillance, traffic monitoring, weather monitoring.
“ DRONES can help doing farmers job . Sprinkler drones which can be controlled sitting in the shade, can evenly spray pesticides all over the crops, in a very small duration of time”.
Agricultural drones, aircrafts for agriculture An agricultural drone is an aircraft that can be remotely controlled and made to perform certain important everyday tasks such as – crop monitoring, soil analysis, nutrient spraying, seeding & planting etc with scientific precision and accuracy, which makes farmers more efficient and significantly brings down the cost of manpower.
Why sprinkler drones ? Sprinkler drones can save a farmer’s time, money and energies. It takes a human worker a full day to cover 0.65 acre of fields. Now, that can be done with a drone in just 2 minutes. A drone can cover 65-80 acres of fields in one day and can be programmed to spray effectively – reaching the lower parts of the crops and underneath the leaves.
Here are some things Drones can do. Soil and field analysis , Planting, Crop spraying, Crop monitoring, Irrigation and Health assesments .
Soil and field analysis: Drones can be instrumental at the start of the crop cycle. They produce precise 3-D maps for early soil analysis, useful in planning seed planting patterns. Planting: Startups have created drone-planting systems that achieve an uptake rate of 75 percent and decrease planting costs by 85 percent. These systems shoot pods with seeds and plant nutrients into the soil, providing the plant all the nutrients necessary to sustain life.
Crop spraying: drones can scan the ground and spray the correct amount of liquid, modulating distance from the ground and spraying in real time for even coverage. The result: increased efficiency with a reduction of in the amount of chemicals penetrating into groundwater. Crop monitoring: Vast fields and low efficiency in crop monitoring together create farming’s largest obstacle.
Irrigation: Drones with hyperspectral, multispectral, or thermal sensors can identify which parts of a field are dry or need improvements. Health assessment: It’s essential to assess crop health and spot bacterial or fungal infections on trees. By scanning a crop using both visible and near-infrared light, identify the defect. This information can produce multispectral images that track changes in plants and indicate their health. A speedy response can save an entire orchard.
Applications Security : The agriculture sprayer drones protect farmers from poisoning and heatstroke, while spraying liquid pesticides, fertilizers and herbicides on agricultural land. High efficiency : 50-100 acres can be sprayed per day, which is 30 times more than the traditional knapsack sprayer. Environment protection : Water and soil pollution is severely reduced with the fixed position and orientation method.
Wastage reduction: 30 % of pesticide saving is established by a high degree of atomization and as the chemical fog can be sprayed to all levels of the crop. Water saving: 90 % of water can be saved in comparison to traditional spraying methods. This is possible by utilizing ultra low volume spraying technology.
Lower cost : There is a 97% reduction in cost compared to traditional spraying methods . Wide range of applications : It's not influenced by the terrain and crop height, has an ergonomic and innovative remote control, easily manages low altitudes flights and does not harm the crop.
BENIFITS Highest Economic Benefit Spot disease/problems faster Use less chemicals and water (save money, better for food and environment) Improve productivity
CONCLUSION Agricultural drone have the potential to improve the yield crops . Agricultural drone can help the farmers to transform the agriculture industry . The agricultural sector can benefit significantly from implementation of unmanned aerial vehicles with the potential to improve the soil and plant knowledge, efficiency of input, and economical and environmental sustainability.