Found a Sri Lankan at Dimbulagal in Polonnaruwa, Mahaweli B Zone, who created a drone that can spray liquid on two and a half acres in 4 minutes, saving 60% of all the insects and herbicides used for rice cultivation. His name is Sankalpa de Silva.
It is special that this has been designed so that he can use this drone to spray liquid for all diseases affecting corn, coconut, cashew, sugarcane and other crops. The service has been provided to farmers by spraying insecticides and herbicides on nearly nine hundred acres across Sri Lanka.
Farmers who spray liquid for paddy cultivation are completely protected from these insecticide liquids and this is the biggest drone in Sri Lanka, Sankalpa mentioned in an inquiry, as well as saving time, money and labour for the farmers while spraying insecticides and herbicides through this drone. Sankalpa de Silva added that there is a possibility of saving 60% of the herbicides and insecticides used.
So far, several farmers have started spraying insecticides and herbicides through this drone in the Dimbulagala sub-district of the Polonnaruwa Mahaweli B zone. (Direct quote: Lankadeepa)
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