FIELD STUDY ON UAV TECHNOLOGY IN AGRO-CHEMICAL SPRAYING

E. RAVI GOUD¹*, G. DHANALAKSHMI², M. ADINARAYANA³, M. SUDHAKAR^4
1Subject Matter Specialist (Agril. Extension), Shri Hanumantharaya Educational and Charitable Society, ICAR-Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Yagantipalle, 518124, India
²Senior Scientist and Head, Shri Hanumantharaya Educational and Charitable Society, ICAR-Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Yagantipalle, 518124, India
³Subject Matter Specialist (Horticulture), Shri Hanumantharaya Educational and Charitable Society, ICAR-Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Yagantipalle, 518124, India
⁴Subject Matter Specialist (Agronomy), Shri Hanumantharaya Educational and Charitable Society, ICAR-Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Yagantipalle, 518124, India
* Corresponding Author : eravigoud068@gmail.com

Received : 05-06-2023     Accepted : 28-07-2023     Published : 30-07-2023
Volume : 15     Issue : 7       Pages : 12476 - 12478
Int J Agr Sci 15.7 (2023):12476-12478

Keywords : Drone (UAV) Technology, Agro-Chemical spraying, Field efficiency
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to Shri Hanumantharaya Educational and Charitable Society, ICAR-Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Yagantipalle, 518124, India
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

The current study was carried out in 2022-2023 using an Ex-Post-Facto research design, with the objectives of drone perception and field performance. The study was conducted in the Krishi Vigyan Kendra operational areas of Nandyal District, Andhra Pradesh. Different horticultural and agricultural crops that were sprayed with drone more than twice were assessed for their field performance. It came to light that chickpea, Paddy, Maize / Redgram had superior field efficiency, with respective values of 44.85%, 43.57%, and 40.80%. In horticultural crops like citrus and mango (12-year orchard) observed 39. 24% field efficiency. With a mean score of 4.76 in the technological perception category, 93.33 percent of farmers were of the opinion that drones will cover a wider area in a short period of time (5 min./ac.), Despite a 5.0 mean score. They also thought that using fewer chemicals and reducing waste would reduce wasteful spending, and this perspective was supported by a 4.15 mean score under the category of economic perception. But based on comments from 53.33 percent of farmers, it was derived that even at a cost of Rs. 500 per acre for drone spraying, will not lower labour costs for small and marginal farmers

1. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2018) FAOSTAT : Crops. Retrieved from: http://www.fao.org /faostat/en/#data/QC
2. Gartland K.M.A. and Gartland J.S. (2018) Euro Biotech Journal, 2(1), 1-9.
3. Shaw, Karan & Vimalkumar R. (2020) International Journal of Engineering Research & Technology, 9(5), 1181-1185.
4. Yallappa D., Veerangouda M., Maski D., Palled V. & Bheemanna M. (2017) IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference, 1-7.
5. Nonami K. (2007) Journal of system Design and Dynamics, 1(2), 120-128.
6. Dutta G. and Goswami P. (2020) International Journal of Chemical Studies, SP-8(5), 181-187.
7. Holownicki R. (2000) Journal of Agricultural Engineering Research, 77(2),129-136.
8. Gavali P.B. and Kalashetty S.S. (2018) International journal of engineering science invention, 7(9), 1-5.
9. Chitra G.A., Muraleedharan Vr., Swaminathan T. and Veeraraghavan D. (2006) International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health, 12(3), 228-233.
10. Jaideep H. (2017) The Indian farmers falling prey to pesticide. BBC News,https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-41510730.
11. Kepner R.A., Barrner R. & Barger E.L. (1987) Principal of Farm machinery, CBC publishing company. New Delhi, India, 1-72.
12. Desale R., Chougule, A., Choudhari M., Borhade V. & Teli S. (2019) International Journal for Science and Advance research in Technology, 5(4), 79-82.
13. Rathod P.D. (2021) M.Sc. Thesis. Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth, Parbhani, M.S., India.