A drone sprays fertiliser on a rice farm in Quang Nam Province. The province plans to promote hi-tech farming and join the global agriculture production supply chain. Photo courtesy Loc Troi Group

The project is part of a series of demonstrations on the use of drones in rice farming in the central region, with the aim of creating a sustainable agriculture system in central provinces of Khanh Hoa, Binh Dinh, Quang Nam and Quang Tri.

The programme, which was debuted by the Loc Troi Group in 2019, plans to build a chain of 100 co-operatives, with close linkages of enterprises and farmers.

A report from the group showed that a drone could help spray fertiliser and pesticide on 25ha of crops per day, saving production costs of VND200,000 (US$8.7) to VND300,000 ($13) per hectare.

The group said at least 200 drones would be used in rice production in the four provinces in 2020.

It’s also the first ever project to use unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) in agriculture production in central Vietnam.

Quang Nam Province began its first organic rice farm zone on 150ha in Dien Ban Town in 2017. VNS

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