Hyderabad-based Marut Drones, a pioneer in drone technology demonstrated its Agri Multi Utility Drone Platform AG 365 to Prime Minister Narendra Modi at PM Kisan Samman Sammelan 2022, organised at the mela ground of ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) in New Delhi on Monday.
The sammelan (conference) is a unique event which brings growing Indian entrepreneurial spirits and farming souls into one place. Bringing together 13,500 farmers and around 1500 Agri startups from across the country is expected to create a prosperous chain reaction. The sammelan will also witness the participation of researchers, policymakers and other stakeholders.
Marut Drones got an opportunity to showcase its products, research and development in the conclave. Marut found a place in 20 coveted stalls out of over 400 startups.
While demonstrating Agri Multi Utility Drone Platform AG 365, the Marut Drones team interacted with the Prime Minister. Modi took a walkthrough of the Marut Drones exhibition and inspected the AG 365 – Agricopter product and appreciated its science behind agri spraying including the development of SOP protocols in seven crops and training modules specific to agriculture spraying and crop diagnosis.
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Interacting with the exhibitors, Modi said “adoption of drone technology-based modern farming techniques is the need of the hour to boost the rural economy”, the Prime Minister said that we have to create new systems in agriculture and adopt more scientific and technological methods with an open mind. With this thinking, we have emphasised boosting scientific methods in agriculture, and the maximum use of drones and technology.
Key specifications of Multi-utility Agriculture Drone – AG365-Agricopter
- Scientifically backed
- Crop-specific SOPs (7 major crops)
- Intensively tested on the field (on >1.2 lakh acres in eight states (Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Gujarat)
- Modular, swappable payloads for direct seeding, pollination, spraying, granular spreader, agri-produce delivery, crop monitoring and disease prediction.
- Working closely with five agricultural universities in the country for bringing new applications to agriculture
Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Narendra Singh Tomar; Union Minister of Chemical and Fertilizers, Mansukh Mandaviya; Union Ministers of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Shobha Karandlaje and Kailash Choudhary along with Union Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilizers, Bhagwanth Khuba were present on the occasion.
