T flies 1st in India with 90% agri drone SOPs

HYDERABAD: India’s farming sector is getting a hi-tech boost with Telangana taking the lead in deploying drones for agriculture operations. Almost 90% of the country’s standard operating procedures (SOPs) for drone use pertaining to cultivation of paddy and six major crops have been prepared by Hyderabad-based Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University (PJTSAU).

Along with Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Punjab have also contributed to the SOPs on cultivation of 11 crops, which the Union agriculture and cooperation department has adopted for the entire country. While these four states were first of the blocks in the country in using drones in a big way,