Unmanned Aerial Vehicle “Flying Defense” Operation Technology Helps Agriculture and Harvest Protection

At present, it is a critical period for sugarcane cultivation and field management, as well as a period of high incidence of diseases and pests. Ningming County, Chongzuo City, Guangxi Province actively organized agricultural technicians to go deep into the fields, guide and help farmers to carry out sugarcane Pest control work, and use plant protection UAVs to fly and prevent sugarcane fields, so as to ensure that sugarcane production increases and farmers’ income increases.

On July 4, in the sugarcane planting base in Shibei Village, Haiyuan Town, Ningming County, technicians loaded the blended pesticides into the medicine box of the UAV. With the buzzing of the propeller, the drone quickly took off under the operation of the staff, following the set route and flying at a constant speed along the sugarcane field, spraying a uniform white cloud downwards. After more than 5 hours, the fertilization of 200 acres of sugarcane leaves was successfully completed.

Using plant protection drones to prevent and control pests and diseases can not only reduce labor intensity but also improve work efficiency. Deng Junying, a sugarcane farmer in Zhibei Village, Haiyuan Town, planted over 30 acres of sugarcane this year. At present, some sugarcane has grown taller than humans, making it difficult to control pests and diseases with manual spraying, and workers cannot be recruited. With the plant protection UAV, he has full confidence in Pest control.

“I planted more than 30 mu of sugar cane. Previously, I used to rely on manual work to make medicine. A dozen of them lasted half a month. Now I use unmanned aerial vehicles, which saves a lot of labor and time.” Deng Junying, a sugarcane farmer in Shibei Village, Haiyuan Town, Ningming County, said.

Huang Haifang, the head of Haiyuan Sugarcane District of Guangxi Haitang East Asia Sugar Industry Co., Ltd., stated that drone spraying of foliar fertilizer has been promoted since the year before last, and they will provide technical services such as irrigation and fertilization that sugarcane farmers need.

In recent years, the total area of sugarcane in Ningming County has basically stabilized at about 700000 mu. In addition to giving full play to the advantages of mechanical science and technology to prevent diseases and pests, the local government has also organized several agricultural technicians to carry out “field nanny” tracking services to ensure that key technologies are implemented to households and fields.