“I have 10 acres, and it takes a whole day to spray pesticide. This drone can do the same task in an hour,” says Sowmya, a resident of Varni in Nizamabad district who attended a drone show on a large open field surrounded by corn on the outskirts of Hyderabad.
She is among the hundreds of women in Telangana and the rest of the country who have been promised an agricultural drone, which, they say, they can use to serve the farming community. “Moreover, it is difficult to find people to work in farms as many are moving to cities. I will use it [the drone] on my farm and then will help other farmers,” Sowmya adds.
These women are confident that they can change agriculture for the better in the State and improve the lives of farmers. While drones are often thought of as light objects that fly and perform various tasks, the agriculture drones are cumbersome machines. In the air, however, one drone can complete in a matter of minutes what 10 persons can do in a whole day.
