At the working session. (Source: thesaigontimes.vn) Can Tho (VNA) – DMM Technologies ofJapan will use drones to spray pesticide on rice fields in Co Do district inthe Mekong Delta city of Can Tho.
At a working session with the municipalPeople’s Committee on May 9, General Director of DMM Technologies Takagi Shunjisaid the Vietnamese Ministry of National Defence has allowed the company toimplement the service in Vietnam, targeting agricultural cooperatives and majoragricultural companies.
According to Pham Ngoc Phuc, who is incharge of technology of DMM Technologies, it takes farmers 2-3 hours to spraypesticide manually per hectare. The drones can cut the time to 10 minutes,helping farmers save service costs and water resources.
More importantly, the drones help ease theharmful impacts of pesticide on human health, Phuc said, describing this ascontributing to boosting the access of Vietnamese farm produce to the globalmarket.
Phuc said the drones created similar resultsas manual methods when tested on rice fields in the Mekong Delta province ofDong Thap earlier.
Apart from Dong Thap, DMM Technologies alsoconducted trial pesticide spraying for sugar cane in the southern province ofTay Ninh and rubber trees in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai.
However, the selling of such devices to Vietnamesefarmers has yet to be launched due to local regulations, said Takagi Shunji.
At the working session, Vice Chairman of theCan Tho People’s Committee Dao Anh Dung urged DMM Technologies to competeprocedures to deploy the project in the locality, noting that the city supportsthe company’s service.- VNA
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