Application and benefits of drone technology in agriculture

Pawan  . Jeet; Prem Kumar Sundaram; Ashutosh . Upadhyaya; Anil Kumar Singh; Krishna . Prakash; Deepak Kumar Gupta

doi:10.21921/km.v5i01.11457

Pawan . Jeet Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Jharkhand
Prem Kumar Sundaram ICAR Research Complex for Easterno Region, Patna (Bihar).
Ashutosh . Upadhyaya ICAR Research Complex for Easterno Region, Patna (Bihar).
Anil Kumar Singh ICAR Research Complex for Easterno Region, Patna (Bihar).
Krishna . Prakash ICAR Research Complex for Easterno Region, Patna (Bihar).
Deepak Kumar Gupta ICAR Research Complex for Easterno Region, Patna (Bihar).

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21921/km.v5i01.11457

Keywords: Drone, unmanned aerial vehicle, agriculture, water management, sensor

Abstract

A drone is an unmanned aircraft that is flown by a pilot on the ground to perform tasks via remote control or flown automatically by loading a previously created flight program. This article addresses the applications of drone technology in agriculture. This technology is widely used in various fields such as water management in agricultural systems, water stress detection, disease and pest detection, yield/maturity estimation, weed detection, workforce monitoring, Maintaining livestock and logistics, etc. It saves operating time, working accuracy, input costs like land, water, seeds and agro-chemicals, and workforce in agriculture.