IoTechWorld bags order from IFFCO for supply of 500 agri-drones

Agri-drone maker IoTechWorld Avigation on July 10 said it has secured a large contract from cooperative fertiliser major IFFCO for supplying 500 drones, which will be primarily used for spraying nano liquid urea and DAP.

Agri-drone maker IoTechWorld Avigation on 10th July said it has secured a large contract from cooperative fertiliser major IFFCO for supplying 500 drones, which will be primarily used for spraying nano liquid urea and DAP.

The Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited (IFFCO) plans to procure 2,500 drones for spraying its products nano urea and nano DAP (Diammonium Phosphate).

IFFCO also plans to create 5,000 rural entrepreneurs, who would be trained for spraying via drones.

“The company will deliver 500 drones to IFFCO by December 2023,” the company’s co-founder Anoop Upadhyay said in a statement.

Gurugram-headquartered IoTechWorld is a manufacturer of India’s first DGCA-type certified drone ‘AGRIBOT’. The company is also backed by agro-chemical firm Dhanuka Agritech Ltd.

“The AGRIBOT [krishi drone] has been specially designed and programmed for fertilizers. The order from IFFCO is [a testament to] our strength in the agri-drone segment,” said the company’s other co-founder Deepak Bhardwaj.

The use of drones not only saves time and money but also increases farm productivity. Besides, the use of drones in farming activities such as spraying pesticides over crops has health benefits for farmers, he said.