Pohang City Eliminates Rice Aerial Pest Control Blind Spots with Automated Drones

Aerial Pest Control in Yeonil and Daesong Exclusion Zones to be Conducted from the 25th to the 28th

Pohang City Takes Initiative to Eliminate Blind Spots in Rice Crop Aerial Pest Control Using Automated Drones.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Dongguk Lee] On the 25th, Pohang City in Gyeongbuk held an automatic drone spraying demonstration event for rice aerial spraying exclusion zones in Namseong-ri, Daesong-myeon.

This "Drone Spraying Project for Rice Aerial Spraying Exclusion Zones" will be conducted over four days from the 25th to the 28th, targeting 250 hectares of aerial spraying exclusion zones in Yeonil-eup, Nam-gu, and Daesong-myeon, to control leaf sheath blight, rice stem borer, and planthoppers during their peak season in July and August.

The aerial spraying exclusion zones are areas where helicopter access is difficult, such as military zones, areas around transmission towers, and valleys, making aerial spraying impossible. Until now, the city supplied pesticides while farmers conducted spraying themselves, exposing agricultural workers to safety hazards such as pesticide poisoning accidents during midsummer. Therefore, Pohang City collaborated with the Nampo Pohang Agricultural Cooperative to carry out drone spraying.

The RTK-based automatic spraying drone used in this spraying can automatically spray according to GPS cadastral information, pesticide spray volume, altitude, and spraying intervals entered into the spraying program. This not only prevents safety accidents for farmers but also reduces unnecessary pesticide usage, contributing to the production of safe agricultural products.

Mayor Lee Kang-deok attended the first pest control site along with the head of Nampo Port Agricultural Cooperative and related officials.

At the first spraying site on the day, Mayor Kangdeok Lee expressed his gratitude to the head of the Nampo Pohang Agricultural Cooperative and related personnel, saying, "I hope this drone spraying is successfully carried out and provides even a small help to farmers exhausted by drought and other hardships."

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