UP to give 88 drones on 40% subsidy to spray fertilizers on farms

In a bid to help farmers maintain their fields and crops, agricultural committees and self-help groups inUttar Pradeshwill be provided drones on 40 percent

subsidy.

In the first phase, farmers’ group, and Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture graduates will be eligible for subsidies.

According to officials, a drone is capable of carrying 10-12 kg of nano (liquid) urea or pesticide and can spray the fertilizer on sugarcane crops across eight bighas of land in 10 minutes.

The drones will reduce both the cost of production of the crops and time as well.
Last year, farmers were witness to the first-of-its-kind trial of nano urea by the sugarcane department in Bijnor’s Mandawali village.