Islamabad: Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry has said that two drones which are fully capable of monitoring farms and spraying disinfectants over have been introduced.
The minister posted a picture of two agricultural drones made under the initiative ‘Made in Pakistan’, revealing that they have the ability to spray 16 litres of pesticide for 18 minutes.
Earlier, an entire field had to be sprayed but the sensors on these drones detect certain infected patches and spray pesticides on them, he added.
یہ دونوں زرعی ڈرونز #MadeInPakistan ہیں،16لیٹر(pesticide)18منٹ تک اسپرے کرنےکی صلاحیت رکھتے ہیں،پہلے پورا کھیت اسپرے کیا جاتا ہے اب سنسرز بتاتے ہیں کہ فصل کےکس حصے کو بیماری ہےاور صرف اس حصے پر اسپرے ہوتی ہے،کھیت کی مکمل مانیٹرنگ کی صلاحیت سےلیس ڈرونز زراعت میں نیا انقلاب ہوں گے pic.twitter.com/hXtA2pyPQB
— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) July 14, 2020
Fawad said the launch of new drones would revolutionise the field of agriculture and farming.