Plant Protection Drone Flying Defense Technology Helps Agriculture and Harvest Protection

At the critical period of crop Pest control, the supply and marketing cooperatives in Nanchuan District, Chongqing, based on their functions and responsibilities to serve “agriculture, rural areas and farmers”, actively carry out Agrarian society services. On July 31, Nanchuan District Supply and Marketing Cooperative of Chongqing organized agricultural technicians to Qiping Village, Hetu Town, to guide and help farmers to carry out rice Pest control work, and used plant protection drones to carry out “flying prevention” operations on 110 mu of rice fields, to ensure that rice production increased and farmers’ income increased.

Agricultural technicians introduced that unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) agricultural modernization services have high spraying efficiency, precise drone operation, and environmental sensing technology. The sprayed water mist covers a wide range, is both fine and uniform, and has high fertilizer and pesticide utilization efficiency, far higher than traditional manual operations. This has achieved the reduction of fertilizers and pesticides, reduced environmental pollution, saved time, money, and quantity, and improved the quality and efficiency of crops.

In recent years, Nanchuan District Supply and Marketing Cooperative of Chongqing has vigorously promoted the construction of Agrarian society service system, focused on improving the comprehensive service capacity of agricultural modernization, and carried out a series of services such as soil testing, fertilizer formulation, and UAV unified defense rule.

This year, a total of 130000 mu of Agrarian society services have been carried out, of which 46000 mu are under the control of unmanned aerial vehicles, effectively reducing manpower, material resources and costs, improving the quality and quality of agricultural products, and laying a solid foundation for promoting agricultural efficiency and farmers’ income in the region.