Tamil Nadu Agricultural University presents demo of drone technology

As the Tamil Nadu Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister M R K Panneerselvam visited Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, a demo of drone technology was presented to him.

Tamil Nadu Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister M R K Panneerselvam on Wednesday inspected research activities, technologies, and improved crop varieties developed by Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU). During the visit, the Minister declared open the vermicompost unit, pellatization of forage crops for the production of nutritive fodder pellets for enhancing livestock productivity. He inspected the ultra-high density mango-planting and witnessed the demonstration of drone technology in agriculture for spraying pesticide and nutrients at TNAU orchard. The Minister visited the arid fruit zone orchard and also the renovated botanical garden at the university.