IFFCO, a fertilizer cooperative, and Drone Destination, a Drone-as-a-Service provider, have partnered to use drones for spraying agricultural products across India. The project will cover up to 30 lakh acres of farmland in 12 states.
Key Highlights
- IFFCO and Drone Destination collaborate on drone spraying initiative.
- Project aims to improve agricultural productivity and efficiency.
- Drones will spray IFFCO’s Nano fertilizers and other agri-products.
- Project to span 12 Indian states.
Drone Spraying to Increase Agricultural Efficiency
Drone Destination, a leading Drone-as-a-Service provider and drone pilot training company, announced a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with IFFCO. The collaboration will focus on drone spraying of IFFCO’s agricultural products over an area of up to 30 lakh acres.
Drone Destination will undertake drone spraying in 12 states: Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Punjab, Rajasthan, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, and Uttarakhand. The drones will spray IFFCO’s Nano Urea, Nano DAP, Sagarika, IFFCO MC Agro-Chemicals, and other products from IFFCO and its joint ventures. The initiative aims to enhance agricultural productivity and efficiency.
Transforming Indian Agriculture
“We are excited to partner with IFFCO for transforming Indian agriculture,” said Mr. Alok Sharma, Chairman of Drone Destination. “Drones bring efficiency, scalability, cost competitiveness, and speed to agricultural practices in India, enabling the sector to increase its contribution to GDP.”
Chirag Sharma, MD & CEO of Drone Destination, added, “We thank IFFCO for choosing us and showing faith in our capabilities for implementing large-scale drone projects. This mandate will surely cement our position in the industry as the go-to company for executing large-scale drone projects in the country.”
