Application and comparative study of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle for spraying insecticide in Sugarcane crop

It’s very challenging part in Indian agriculture to accept the modern techniques, because of its cost and availability. The ministry of Indian government taking active part in this regards the subsidy for farmers are announced upto 50%-100% to purchase the UAVs. Application of UAVs has not only reduced the time and efforts of the farmers but also increased profitability. This step of Indian government is very precious for the farmers to implement the new techniques in agriculture.

Scientific studies are carried out and data supporting the drone application are generated. The major population of Latur district is primarily agricultural. Urban population comprises 25.47% of the total population. This paper presents a use of drone technology and their applications in the agriculture sector in like sugarcane crop. The application of drones in the area of crop pesticide spraying has been covered. We have discovered the application of UAVs for spraying is cheaper than the conventional and spraying using tractor. Regarding the important variable is Time, 8 hours per hector in traditional method and 5 hours for spraying using the tractor and we required 2.5 hours per hector in UAV/drone spraying. In present study, collectively we conclude that the new era adopting in agriculture, use of UAVs/drones are very precise to time, money saving and has a great future ahead.