Vol. 12, Issue 5 (2023)

Author(s):
Dr. Shiddanagouda Yadachi, Dr. Kiran Nagajjanavar, Dr. Thippanna KS, Dr. Srinivas Girijal and Dr. Pavan Thejasvi T

Abstract:
Indian Agriculture faces numerous challenges; decline in productivity, climate change, global warming and loss of natural resources, labour shortage, and pandemics situations. The mechanization and IoT gaining is huge importance nowadays and there is huge potential for IoT to replace human labour in farming. The drone contributes to sustainability in agriculture in terms of social, economic and environmental proportions. Here, it is elaborated about status of market of drone and applications of it in many fields. The drones are useful in soil analysis for farming, growth and establishment of plants, precision application of agro-inputs, crop disease scouting, irrigation monitoring, crop health assessment, livestock nursing, and disaster supervision, geo-fencing, crop biomass and damage estimation, locust control and transporting materials. Drone saves time, labour, water, and cuts expenses on chemicals as shown by research accomplishments across the world. The paper concludes that the government must efficiently adopt and switch the potential of drone technology for transforming the livelihoods of agriculture labours and improving the lives of millions of farmers in India.