XAG goes international with its P100 agricultural drone, serving to farmers to reap extra – sUAS Information – The Enterprise of Drones

With 8 years’ effort of XAG to advertise sensible agriculture, drones flying above the sector to carry out farm works have been regularly adopted in lots of areas. To fulfill farmer’s want for a large-capacity drone, XAG formally makes its P100 Agricultural Drone out there for gross sales globally. This totally autonomous drone has a number of makes use of across the farm, akin to spraying pesticides, spreading fertilizers and broadcasting seeds, to spice up yield and decrease prices.

As one of many fast-growing markets for agricultural drone, Vietnam turns into the primary to witness the rising pressure of XAG P100. With the payload upgraded to 40 kg, the drone can serve bigger fields extra successfully to handle labor scarcity. Within the meantime, drone pilot is seen as the brand new favored profession for rural youth, who can harness expertise to make a success.

The brand new rising pressure to develop rice yields

Nhan, a farmer who owns a 70-hectare rice discipline within the Bac Ninh Province of Vietnam, used to endure from unstable yield and revenue decline. He was not content material with the efficiency of guide spraying that was expensive and inefficient. As the price of hiring staff had posed nice strain on his livelihood, he ordered providers from KPT Fly Workforce to assist him domesticate rice with XAG’s drone.

“Earlier than approaching us, Nhan employed 20 to 25 staff to spray pesticides manually, however this usually led to uneven spraying and waste of chemical substances. Now as a result of we’ve got the software of stopping pests extra successfully, our crew turns into his first choice to reap harvest,” stated by 30-year-old Khuong, KPT’s co-founder.

“With two XAG P100 agricultural drones, two small groups consisting of solely 4 to six folks can end the fieldwork a lot quicker and simpler. Whereas the drone sprays evenly and penetrate the rice crops extra shortly, it will probably additionally unfold seeds and fertilizers. Our service has helped him scale back labor price and enhance the yields.”

In response to the World Financial institution, employment in agriculture in Vietnam has fallen from 65% to 36 % over the past twenty years. Such labor outflow can also be rushing up in lots of different main agricultural nations. Younger folks in rural areas transfer to the town for a extra first rate job, and in face of rural growing old, farmers complain that it’s getting tougher to rent staff to handle their rice fields.

The introduction of agricultural drone has modified the tune of younger technology on rural growth. It gives a good work alternative for rural youth who can construct a brand new kind of enterprise just like the KPT Fly Workforce or be a part of as a drone pilot. They’ve turn out to be the brand new rising pressure to gasoline the transformation in the direction of sustainable agriculture.

The important thing to win farmers’ belief

The KPT Fly Workforce was established in 2021 by a bunch of younger engineers with expertise in rice cultivation. They supply providers to farmers within the Mekong River delta, utilizing XAG’s drones to deal with pests, sow seeds, and unfold fertilizers.

Seeing the good potential of drone enterprise in Vietnam farming is the primary motive why Mr. Khuong and his counterparts established KPT. The scarcity of guide labor, the excessive worth of hiring staff, in addition to the rising price of fertilizers and pesticide have prevented rice farmers from bettering productiveness. The output is unstable, and the income farmers can obtain appear to rely on luck.

The perfect revenue has additionally been attracting younger folks to step into this new profession. In response to Mr. Khuong, throughout the busy farming season, a drone pilot can earn 20.4-23.8 million VND month-to-month, far greater than the typical wage in countryside and even in metropolis.

Since began, the KPT has grown to a crew with 4 founders and 16 working pilots and served over 5,000 hectares of rice fields. “The XAG P100 drone makes us extra assured in our effectiveness. Its 40kg payload allows operation at a bigger scale. Merely setting parameters on the cellular app, the drone can do its work autonomously with minimal human intervention,” stated Mr. Khuong.

Nonetheless, selling agricultural drone to the farmers has by no means been straightforward. Most farmers are used to spraying with a considerable amount of water they usually doubted that drone was simpler in defending crops with much less water. To dispel farmers’ misgiving, the pilot crew would perform take a look at flight and show the effectivity of drone in comparison with guide operation. Calculations are made to indicate farmers the advantages of decreasing waste and the way this may lower your expenses for them.

“We decide to farmers that when our drones spray in keeping with the quantity of water we advocate, and if it’s not efficient, they are going to be compensated,” Mr. Khuong stated. Because the outcomes don’t fail their expectation, the KPT crew is gaining extra belief in addition to rising clients.

XAG P100 Agricultural Drone is effectively credited for the extent of its automation and precision, however what impresses farmers essentially the most is the corporate’s sensible agricultural ecosystem. From distant sensing drone, unmanned floor automobile to autopilot console, XAG has additionally developed a number of varieties of merchandise to deal with farmer’s varied wants. Extra applied sciences shall be utilized on farm to yield a shiny future.