How should agricultural spraying drones be used?

Utilization of agricultural drones

1. Determine the prevention and control tasks
The type of crops to be controlled, the area, the terrain, the pests and diseases, the control cycle, and the pesticides used must be known beforehand. These require preparatory work prior to determining the task: whether the terrain survey is suitable for flight protection, whether the area measurement is accurate, and whether there is an unsuitable area for operation; report on farmland diseases and insect pests, and whether the control task is carried out by the flight protection team or the farmer’s pesticide, which involves whether farmers purchase the pesticide independently or are provided it by local plantation companies.

(Note: Since powder pesticides require a lot of water to dilute, and plant protection drones save 90% of the water compared to manual labor, the powder cannot be completely diluted. Using powders can easily cause the spraying system of the plant protection drone to become clogged, thereby reducing the operation efficiency and control effect.)

In addition to powders, pesticides also consist of water, suspending agents, emulsifiable concentrates, and so on. These can be utilized normally, and there is a dispensing time involved. Due to the fact that the operation efficiency of plant protection drones varies from 200 to 600 acres per day based on the terrain, it is necessary to formulate a large quantity of pesticide in advance, so large bottles of pesticides are utilized. The flight protection service organization prepares special pesticide for flight protection on its own, and the key to increasing the operation’s efficiency is reducing the time required for dispensing.

2. Identify the flight defense group
After determining the prevention and control tasks, the number of flight protection personnel, plant protection drones, and transport vehicles must be determined based on the prevention and control tasks’ requirements.
This must be determined based on the type of crops, area, terrain, pests and diseases, control cycle, and operational efficiency of a single plant protection drone. In general, crops have a specific cycle of pest control. If the task is not completed on time during this cycle, the desired effect of the control will not be realized. The first objective is to ensure efficiency, while the second objective is to enhance efficiency.