29 Apr Application of Unmanned Aerial vehicles for crop production and precision agriculture
फसल उत्पादन और सटीक कृषि के लिए मानव रहित हवाई वाहनों का अनुप्रयोग Drones have great potential to transform Indian agriculture with the use of advance technology correctly. An unmanned aerial vehicle commonly known as a drone is an aircraft without human pilot or passengers on board which includes adding a ground based controller and a system of communication with the UAV. Agriculture is the backbone of the Indian economy which plays the most decisive role in the socio economic development of the country. Over 70 % of the rural households depend on agriculture and it contributes about 17% to the total GDP and provides employment to over 60% of the population. Population increasing tremendously increases the demand of food. The agriculture fields faces dramatic losses due to diseases. The disease come from the pest and insects which reduces the productivity of crop. Pesticides and fertilizers are used to kill the insects and pest in order to enhace the crop quality. The WHO estimates as one million cases of ill effected when spraying the pesticides in crop field manually. Unmanned Aerial vehicle systems can help in crop production and precision agriculture. Drones provide real time and high quality aerial imagery compared to satellite imagery over agriculture area. Also application for localizing weeds and diseases...