LAOAG CITY — Some local farmers in Ilocos Norte looked up in the sky with excitement on Thursday as they witnessed the initial takeoff of an autopilot drone sprayer which could apply foliage fertilizer, herbicide, insecticide including seeds, and aqua feeds, at high speed compared to the traditional method.
LAOAG CITY — Some local farmers in Ilocos Norte looked up in the sky with excitement on Thursday as they witnessed the initial takeoff of an autopilot drone sprayer which could apply foliage fertilizer, herbicide, insecticide including seeds, and aqua feeds, at high speed compared to the traditional method.
Roger Barroga, manager of FutureRice farm program and head of the Information Systems Division of the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) based in Nueva Ecija, in an interview said the agricultural drone sprayer is another milestone achievement in the country’s agriculture sector to make a farmers life easier.
The drone demonstration lasted for more than two minutes in a rice farm in San Guillermo, San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte.
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