
Agriculture Drone Demonstration
Aug 24, 2023
The team from Garuda Aerospace Private Ltd, Chennai visited at ICAR-Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Kasaragod, Kerala on 10th January 2023. They demonstrated their DGCA approved Agriculture Drone that can be used for pesticide applications. The KVK staffs and students from Kendriya Vidyalaya participated in the spray demonstration conducted by them in the open field of CPCRI- Kendriya Vidyalaya No 1 campus. Dr. Benjamin Mathew (SMS-Horticulture), ICAR-KVK, Kasaragod briefed the Kendiya Vidyalaya students about the different use of drone applications in Agriculture, classification of drone’s, Ground Control Station, DGCA regulations for drone flying zones and drone rules. The students were excited and enthused on the new technology and clearly understand the use of the drone will saves the time & money and also observed that spraying application in the field was precise and uniform. Dr. Manojkumar T S, Head; Mr. Manikandan K, STO, ICAR-KVK, Kasaragod and teachers from the Kendriya Vidyalaya was also participated in the demo sessions.