Starting July, the Rythu Bharosa Kendras (RBKs), the one-stop centres for farmers’ services, in Andhra Pradesh will be equipped with agricultural pesticide spraying drones that will help farmers cover acres of crop within minutes.
Special Commissioner of Agriculture C. Hari Kiran, speaking at the workshop on export opportunities for agricultural, horticultural and processed food products from Andhra Pradesh, here on Tuesday, said that ever since the RBKs were established across the State in 2019-2020, Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy was continuously focussed on improving the services provided through them.
As part of the Agriculture Department’s initiatives to provide better facilities to the farmers, drones would be provided at the RBKs so that farmers spray pesticides on their crops without worrying about the scarcity of labour, he said.
