Hebei: UAVs let agriculture "fly"

Published Sep 17, 2020

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Drones are being used in Chinese farms to spray drugs on corn, replacing skilled labor and saving 20% of pesticides. They are also used for agricultural monitoring, insurance surveys, and inspecting power lines. China Agricultural University is using drones with hyperspectral imaging technology to monitor stevia plants. Xingtai City has commissioned drones to survey an area affected by pests and diseases in Taihang Mountain. Hebei Mechanical and Electrical Profession has started a course on agriculture-related drones and opened a major in UAV application technology in 2017.

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“Using drones to spray drugs on corn can work nearly 500 acres a day, which is 50 times the efficiency of a skilled labor force, and it has higher accuracy and better results, and it can save 20% of pesticides.” Nanhe, Xingtai City, Hebei Province Li Xianhui, the person in charge of the District Agricultural Aircraft Crop Planting Cooperative, said. In recent years, drones have begun to play a role in farmland drug spraying, agricultural information monitoring, and agricultural insurance surveys. Many farmers in China have used drones to achieve savings. Time and cost reduction have allowed agriculture to "fly". Li Xianhui's cooperative is located in Xigao Village, Haoqiao Town, Nanhe District, Xingtai City, Hebei Province. The reporter saw in the farmland that two small drones slowly took off and began to fly in the corn. It was about two meters high in the sky and shuttled back and forth. Wherever it passed, water mist filled the growing corn. Li Xianhui said that the ...

Source: mofcom.cn