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To popularise the use ofdrone technologyamong farmers in Goa, the directorate of Agriculture<\/a>-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture<\/a> will be purchasing two drones to train them in application of pesticides, weedicides and water-soluble fertilisers using the device.<\/p>\n

Unlike a regular drone, the agricultural drone has a diameter of 1.5m and can carry the weight of 10 litres of pesticide or 10kg of weedicide. The technology was first implemented by Fr George Quadros in Chinchinim, who fertilised fields using nano urea by spraying micro droplets of the fertiliser on paddy using an agri drone.<\/p>\n

The Centre presently offers financial assistance of 40% of the basic cost of the drone and its attachments, or Rs 4 lakhwhichever is lessunder the Cooperative Society<\/a> of Farmers, Farmers Producer Organizations (FPOs) and Rural Entrepreneurs Scheme<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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