Shawan City Merchant Land Township: Plant Protection Drone Training Helps Farmers’ “Wisdom” in Farming

In order to promote the full process, comprehensive, high-quality, and efficient development of agricultural modernization, on April 12th, Shangdi Township in Shawan City jointly held a modern agricultural plant protection drone operation training course with Dajiang Drone Co., Ltd. in Shangdong Village, Shawan City. The course provided systematic plant protection operation training to 20 drone operators and large planting households from various townships.

The training consists of two parts: “theory+practice”. At the training site, the trainees provided detailed explanations on the advantages, operating methods, safe flight, maintenance, common fault handling, as well as specialized integrated prevention and control of crop diseases and pests, as well as relevant laws and regulations for operating plant protection drones. At the same time, organize students to conduct practical exercises in the winter wheat field of Shangdong Village in the merchant’s township – to accurately fertilize winter wheat, and hand teach students the operational skills of plant protection drones. The training personnel demonstrated the technical essentials of dispensing, dosing, takeoff and landing, hovering and other aspects on site for the students. The students watched carefully and humbly sought advice, creating a strong learning atmosphere on site.

Guo Jianqing, a villager from Niejiaqu Village, Shangdi Township, said, “I am very interested in drones. I also bought one this year and hope to master the relevant knowledge and operating skills of drones through this training. I cherish this training opportunity and am prepared to bring back the learned operating knowledge and skills to assist agricultural production

Luo Wendong, a UAV trainer, said: “The plant protection UAV is particularly suitable for large-scale and high standard grain field operations. Compared with the past spray, it has the advantages of accuracy, efficiency, strong penetration, less impact of weather factors, etc. It not only saves time and labor, but also is safe and environmentally friendly. It can further improve the comprehensive agricultural production capacity, increase farmers’ income, and conform to the development of modern agriculture.”

Drones have outstanding advantages in the process of plant protection. The pesticides produced by drones are well atomized, absorbed by crops, safe and economical. It can be seen that the impact of drones in agriculture is the brilliant spark generated by the collision between emerging technologies and traditional agriculture. Next, targeted training on agricultural assistance will be carried out in the merchant’s township, striving for effectiveness and contributing to the improvement of the modernization level of agriculture in the entire township, thereby assisting in rural revitalization.