From the use of flight control systems for pesticide spraying on rice in 2012 to the implementation of integrated unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) plant protection automation in 2015, to the release of the latest agricultural UAV T50 by the end of 2022, Xinjiang has continuously improved the efficiency, effectiveness, intelligence, stability, and safety of agricultural production management to new heights. At present, Dajiang Agricultural Drones have flown over 100 countries and regions, with global sales exceeding 200000 units and operating areas exceeding 3 billion acres, benefiting hundreds of millions of agricultural practitioners. While contributing to the modernization of agriculture and rural areas in China, Dajiang has paved a new path for the global development of agricultural mechanization and intelligence, providing new ideas for food security and sustainable environmental development.
Zengcheng, Guangzhou is known as the “hometown of lychees”. Every year around the Dragon Boat Festival, a large number of lychees travel from here to the whole country.
Previously, it took 9 workers a total of 4 days to manually apply medicine. The weather in Guangzhou was very unstable at this time of year, and the window period for applying medicine was very short. The slopes here were also steep, and it was not safe to apply medicine manually at night, so sometimes spending a lot of money may not be enough to finish the medicine. “He Zhijie said that in March 2021, he accidentally saw an agricultural plant protection drone in Xinjiang and held a trial attitude, Becoming the first person in the local lychee plantation to use plant protection drones.
After using a plant protection drone, as long as one pilot cooperates with one ground worker, the homework can be completed in one and a half days. “He Zhijie calculated that the cost of preventing and controlling diseases and pests in his lychee orchard used to be over 400000 yuan per year. After using a plant protection drone, the labor and medication costs saved were as much as 300000 yuan. Moreover, due to the drone’s ability to cover the entire garden and its good control effect, the number of lychee fruits has also greatly increased.
From farmland mapping and plant protection operations to data collection and platform management, agricultural drones have changed traditional agricultural production methods. The operation quality is good, the cost is low, and the adaptability is strong. The operation efficiency of the latest equipment can reach 80-120 times that of manual labor. “The relevant person in charge of Xinjiang Agriculture said that by using electric powered drones to replace traditional fuel powered agricultural machinery operations, agricultural production can effectively reduce carbon emissions. For example, in the field management process, the application of agricultural drones can save 29 liters of water per acre compared to manual operations; Accurate drone operation can reduce the use of pesticides and fertilizers, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and help reduce the carbon footprint of agricultural production.
Taking promoting the “double reduction” of pesticides and fertilizers as an example. The agricultural process under the traditional mode will release a large number of pesticides, fertilizers, etc. into the soil and water, causing soil hardening, water pollution, and endangering human health. Compared to manual backpacking and ground mechanical operations, agricultural drones can increase pesticide utilization efficiency by more than 10%. At the same time, the multi spectral UAV developed by Dajiang can also collect high-definition images of farmland crops, generate AI prescription maps through Dajiang’s smart cloud platform, guide the UAV to spray and fertilize accurately, improve the utilization rate of pesticides and fertilizers, maintain farmland soil health, and enhance soil carbon sequestration capacity.
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