Drones help farmers with crop management in central China

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Drones help farmers with crop management in central China

STORY: Drones help farmers with crop management in central China DATELINE: Sept. 2, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:42 LOCATION: ZHENGZHOU, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of drones working in the farm 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): ZHANG XIANZHI, Manager of a local agricultural cooperative 3. various of drones working in the farm STORYLINE: A drone fleet is transforming the way farmers manage their crops in Anyang, central China's Henan Province. During this key growing period for autumn grains, the drones have greatly improved the efficiency in spraying pesticides. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): ZHANG XIANZHI, Manager of a local agricultural cooperative "A drone can complete the spraying work on 700 to 800 mu (47 or 53 hectares) of land a day. It'll only take one and a half days for two drones to spray all our land. If there are three drones, the work will be done in one day." The drones belong to a recently established pest control team. The team, equipped with 30 vehicles, over 200 drones (sets) and over 300 operato

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