Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Defense Protects Rice Harvest

During the critical period of rice pest control, Qianchang Town in Yao’an County actively carries out crop pest control work, fully utilizing the advantages of plant protection drones for precise pesticide application. By combining green prevention and control with unified prevention and control, field management has become efficient and energy-saving, effectively promoting the improvement of agricultural production quality and efficiency.

Located in a farmland of the Xincun Village Committee in Qianchang Town, rice is lush with green color, swaying gently in the gentle breeze. A plant protection drone rose into the air under the operation of technicians. Amidst the sound of spinning rotors, the drone flew at a constant speed along the rice field. The huge airflow beneath the rotors pushed the pesticide mist evenly to disperse, accurately spraying it on the rice leaves, putting a healthy “coat” on the rice. In just 5 minutes, the pesticide spraying work on 8 acres of rice fields was completed. A professional technician for plant protection drone flight prevention said, “Previously, we could only spray 3 acres of land per day with manual spraying. Now, using plant protection drones can complete spraying tasks of around 300 acres per day. Moreover, drone flight prevention and pest control effects are better than civil air defense, with strong spraying adaptability, precise spraying, and convenient operation, greatly improving our work efficiency.

Our agricultural and rural service center has been sending relevant technical personnel to various village committees for field monitoring and prevention and control guidance since May. At the same time, we have also integrated project resources and utilized cooperatives to carry out drone flight prevention operations and unified prevention and control work. Next, we will continue to strengthen field monitoring and regularly dispatch technical personnel to observe diseases and pests in the fields to determine the best prevention and control time and ensure that The safety of grain production this year Introduction by Zhang Hua’an, Director of Qianchang Town Agricultural and Rural Service Center. At present, Qianchang Town has organized more than 10 agricultural technology promotion personnel to carry out flight prevention operations throughout the town, completing over 300 acres of spraying tasks.