The industry must develop special purpose and low-cost drones to meet requirements of the farming community, a senior Civil Aviation official said on Wednesday. "There are around 1 lakh villages which can be benefitted by the drones. We can design special-purpose drones and industry must focus on developing low-cost drones for them," Joint Secretary in the Civil Aviation Ministry Amber Dubey said at a webinar organised by industry body FICCI.
Highlighting the potential of drones' usage in the agriculture sector, Dubey also stressed on industry tie-up with central or state level agricultural universities or institutions for getting the necessary approvals, FICCI said in a statement. Speaking on this issue, Joint Secretary in the Agriculture Ministry Shomita Biswas said that drone-enabled technology can be very useful in soil analysis of the fields.
This can also help us in better irrigation management and maintaining correct nitrogen levels, she said, and urged the startups to create drone planting systems, which will reduce the planting cost considerably. Agriculture Commissioner S K Malhotra said, "Drone spraying would help the farmers to increase their productivity, lower water consumption, higher efficiency; besides being safe for human and the environment".
Malhotra, who is also chairman of the Registration Committee on drones said it is looking into various aspects of product approvals through drones application. CropLife India CEO Asitava said with the recent permission of use of drones for control of locusts by the government, India has become the first country in the world with broad specification for drones that can fly at night.
30/07/20 PTI/News18.com
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Highlighting the potential of drones' usage in the agriculture sector, Dubey also stressed on industry tie-up with central or state level agricultural universities or institutions for getting the necessary approvals, FICCI said in a statement. Speaking on this issue, Joint Secretary in the Agriculture Ministry Shomita Biswas said that drone-enabled technology can be very useful in soil analysis of the fields.
This can also help us in better irrigation management and maintaining correct nitrogen levels, she said, and urged the startups to create drone planting systems, which will reduce the planting cost considerably. Agriculture Commissioner S K Malhotra said, "Drone spraying would help the farmers to increase their productivity, lower water consumption, higher efficiency; besides being safe for human and the environment".
Malhotra, who is also chairman of the Registration Committee on drones said it is looking into various aspects of product approvals through drones application. CropLife India CEO Asitava said with the recent permission of use of drones for control of locusts by the government, India has become the first country in the world with broad specification for drones that can fly at night.
30/07/20 PTI/News18.com
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