Chinese drones make Thai farmers' work easier, safer
STORY: Chinese drones make Thai farmers' work easier, safer
DATELINE: Aug. 18, 2022
LENGTH: 0:01:33
LOCATION: Bangkok
CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY
SHOTLIST:
1. various of drone spraying pesticides in the field
2. SOUNDBITE (Thai): NIKORN HANRASA, Agricultural drone pilot in Roi Et, Thailand
STORYLINE:
Rice farmer Nikorn Hanrasa uses a drone to spray pesticide on his field in Roi Et Province, northeastern Thailand.
Fascinated by aerial photography using a drone, the 43-year-old farmer bought a DJI agricultural drone and started a new career -- an agricultural drone pilot.
SOUNDBITE (Thai): NIKORN HANRASA, Agricultural drone pilot in Roi Et, Thailand
"Since I started working with drones, my income has increased a lot."
Nikorn used the drone to spray pesticide, fertilizer and growth hormone. With the drone, he sprays 40-50 rai (6.4-8 hectares) of crops every day. Without it, he could only do less than 10 rai.
SOUNDBITE (Thai): NIKORN HANRASA, Agricultural drone pilot in Roi Et, Thailand
"I hope farmers use drones
- Product Code
- ILEA001006541
- Registered date
- 2022/8/18 00:00:00
- Credit
- Xinhua / Kyodo News Images
- Media source
- Xinhua News Agency.All Rights Reserved
- Media size
- 1920 × 1080 pixel
- Deployment size
- 100.15(MB)*
*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.