SEC | S20W6: "The Use of Drones in Agriculture"

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Welcome to another time out here. Let's talk about the drone.

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Drone has helped agriculture in modernizing its activities. The role of drone is vital in the everyday operation of farm activities. It has absorbed some many roles in farm operations that made it easy for farms to engage for purposes to improve yield performance.

No doubt, in agriculture, drones have improved yield performance. Its overall activities have improved the way we do things on the farm and hence boosted all-round performance. Operations aren't limited to crops but also livestock.

Drone promotes "precision farming," and this is one of the hallmarks that significantly launched drone into fame in the sector. It has help in ensuring that resources are well allocated during farm operations without wastes. Fertilizers can now be adequately applied to crops with moderation and without waste.

Irrigation channels have been systematically enhanced in such a way that we do not have water wastages. Areas with water stress are quickly attneded to. Areas with limited water supply can now be watered without allowing for unnecessary wastages.

We can go on and on and promote the roles it plays in modernizing agriculture. We can not forget pest and disease management, quicker decision-making mechanisms, and the reduction of labour cost.

Drones Contribution to Precision Farming:

Each time the word.precision is ised in agriculture, it simply means targeted or thenuse.of resouces in moderation and certainty. Knowing the exact place and how to apply these resources without wastes.

Fertilizer application has tremendously been utilized adequately without wastage due to the introduction ofndrone precision services. Our crops can now easily get adequate nutrients because of the service drones.

We can also see precision having its weight on irrigation systems. Farm irrigation activities have been well harnessed by the use of the drone. We can now irrigate directly on crop roots. We have the sprinklers, drips, etc

Drones Contribution to Efficiency Agricultural Practices:

When we memtion efficiency, we mean time-saving, increased activities, or response rate. Drones have brought efficiency in agricultural practices, which has impacted yield performance.

The first is "time savings" during operation. It now costs us less to carry out agricultural activities without having to spend all day on the farm carrying out one particular task.

We can also link efficiency to decision-making mechanisms. Decision-making is now more quicker to make due to the use of drones. We no longer need guesses but, however, implement the solution to outcomes generated from drone services.

We no longer have to waste available resources anymore but rather find ourselves in a situation where moderation and adequate use of resources are observed. We can now have reduced use of irrigation activities and fertilizers, especially chemicals.

Benefits of using drones

Drones have helped boost agricultural activities and operations. Let's get to seel some of the benefits.

• Crop monitoring:
  We all know the man hours consumed to carry our a single task with human effort. This has been handled by drones. Drones can now help humans monitor a large expanse of land within a couple of minutes. This is done with so much articulation and provision of facts.

Precision Farming:
This is a situation whereby we can now have activities done with certainty. We do not need to guess but rather attach issues with the right solutions all the time. In the mean time,.fertilizers are properly and adequately applied, water applied without wastages, etc.

• Soil Mapping
  Drones help us map our soils with correctness of facts. Alighnmemt and boundaries are set, and the exact cultivation area is also determined. We shouldn't forget that it also helps determine and ascertain the moisture and nutrient levels of the soil.

• Pest and Dieases Management:
  Due to the early detection capability given the high sensor imaging tools, drones have the capability to quickly detect outbreaks quicker for timely resolution.

We have others like the cost of labour reduced because of the ambiguity involved in carrying our 6 before now.

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Be it soil moisture or nutrient, the drone is equipped to handle that operations effectively. When we refer to moisture, this may also determine how effective the water retention, temperature, and conducive soil allow even microbial function.

The thermal imaging sensor tool in the drone would conveniently handle all temperature related soil requirements.

The nutrient and mositure, the multispectral and hyperspectral imaging sensors have the capacity to handle this task tova conclusion.

The significance of both premium imaging sensors are inevitable in their performances. The help brings up all the mentioned benefits of the drone to the top limelight. They help in providing for precision agriculture, crop monitoring yield optimization, andnsoil mapping.

These imaging capability attached to the drone makes it alot easier for us to handle most of these benefits very well. For example, during crop monitoring, emergence of pests attack can be easily detected and stopped.

Also if we know the exact soil nutrient requirements, we should be able know the amount of NPK to apply at every given time.

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Drones Help in Soil Mapping:

What else again can we do without a due diligence to our soil. Everything starts and ends with it. Drones quickly help to facilitate soil mapping analysis for us by providing soil type classification. With this, we should be able.to know what type of soil we want to plant on.

Secondly, it helps us determine the soil nutrient level. This is ideal in helping us plan better. If we know how fertile the soil is, it brings accuracy in the amount deficient and what amount to be supplied to it.

Thirdly, it helps in evaluating the soil pH level. Since we know that every plant has its own favourable pH level that they do well,.ascertaining this is key. It suggests to us how best to twerk the soil for our benefit.

For precision purposes, drone allow us to know what quantity of fertilizer to apply for the sake of optimizing its use. We can now strategically use the irrigation system efficiently, and as well leverage on seed placement merhods.

This is my humble views on the topic. I hope to welcome @chilaw, @shawlin, and @paholags