18/04/2025
Agricultural drones: opening up new scenarios for smart agriculture and facilitating efficient production
Core application scenarios
1. Precision seeding
UAVs can achieve a seeding efficiency of 300-400 mu/day, control the amount of seeds through precise routes, and evenly cover complex terrains such as mountains and terraces14.
2. Efficient fertilization and plant protection
⢠Spraying pesticides: The droplet size is accurate to 20 microns, the leaf back coverage rate is increased by 38%, and the drift of the liquid medicine is reduced by 20%56.
⢠Variable fertilization: LiDAR dynamically adjusts the amount of fertilizer, with a flow rate of 190 kg/minute, and the efficiency is 30 times higher than that of manual labor16.
3. Aquatic feeding and transportation
⢠The feeding efficiency reaches 1,500 kg/hour, saving 90% of manpower, and precise feeding improves the utilization rate of bait110.
⢠Transporting fruits (such as loquats) in mountain orchards, reducing the loss of manual picking and improving timeliness by 50%14.
4. âIntelligent monitoring and restoration
⢠âField inspection and yield measurement: Aerial survey drones combined with AI recognition can analyze crop growth, pests and diseases, and soil moisture in real time17.
⢠âEcological restoration: Grass seeds are placed with centimeter-level accuracy, and the efficiency of degraded grassland restoration is increased by 15 times610.
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âTechnical breakthroughs and benefits
1. âIntelligent operation system
⢠âObstacle avoidance and navigation: Dual radar + three-eye vision can detect obstacles within 60 meters, full-color imaging in low-light environments, and no pressure to operate at night710.
⢠âData collaboration: 3D map generation, AI dynamic decision-making, 10% fertilizer saving, and 40% increase in the timely rate of pest and disease prevention and control79.
2. âEconomic benefits
⢠âCost reduction: Plant protection efficiency is 30 times that of manual labor, and 50 acres of orchards save 83.3% of pesticide costs per year810.
⢠âIncrease in production and improve quality: Precision management has increased rice production by 10% and increased the commodity rate of citrus by 25%410. 3. Environmental benefits
⢠Pesticide utilization rate increased from 25% to 50%, and surface pesticide residues decreased by 60%89.
⢠Water resource utilization efficiency increased by 30%, and soil compaction damage decreased by 80%910.
âPolicies and future trends
⢠âNational support: The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs' "Smart Agriculture Action Plan (2024-2028)" clearly promotes drone technology, and the market size is expected to exceed 100 billion yuan in 202827.
⢠âTechnology integration: "Drone + 5G + AI" realizes low-altitude intelligent operations, and AI dispatcher voice control reduces the operating threshold710.
⢠âScenario expansion: Extending from traditional farmland to wetland restoration, cold chain logistics, forestry monitoring and other fields46.
