Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): Madhya Pradesh is yet to adopt drone technology in a big way in the agriculture sector. Drones, however, are being used for surveillance, crowd management, and land survey in the state. Also, Madhya Pradesh has emerged as a major training centre for the manpower employed in the drone industry.

Experts told Free Press on the sidelines of the inaugural-day of the two-day Drone Tech Workshop & Expo at the MP Council of Science and Technology (MPCST) on Thursday that lack of awareness, reluctance to invest money and lack of facilities for repairing and maintaining drones are the key reasons behind drones not becoming popular among the farming community in the state.

MD, Onprice Infotech Pvt Limited, Ramnath Narhete said that the use of drones for spraying insecticid

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