PUBLISHED: 13 Jul 2024 at 04: 45
A spokesman for the government, Chai Wacharonke, announced on Friday that the government had started a new project where each tambon may be given one aircraft for use in gardening.
This might reduce farming expenses while increasing crop yields.
” One Tambon One Digital” is the founder of Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin. According to Mr. Chai, it aims to establish a new online habitat in Thailand’s agricultural business and encourage higher produce produces and lower production costs.
He claimed that the farming drones must be produced in the nation and will be used to improve crop supervision, including tracking grain health or identifying potential issues.
He stated that the government intends to establish a helicopter maintenance and repair facility in each community to teach residents how to check and fix the flying devices in addition to providing one per tambon.
When robots are used in the agricultural sector as a common practice, these centers may possibly lead to new employment for some.
In a year from now, there will be about 50 like repair facilities, while over 10, 000 communities in 500 areas are expected to use drones for farming on more than 4 million ray of land, Mr Chai said.
Of the 50 aircraft maintenance areas targeted, plans to establish 35 have already been approved– 19 in the Northeast, eight in the North, five in the Central Plains and the West, two in the East and one in the South, he said.
Additionally, the government intends to work with a secret lover to establish a center to improve drone pilot training and expand drone technology for agricultural purposes, he added.
The center will be in charge of certifying and training qualified aircraft pilots and concepts in the field of maintenance and repair.
These functions are expected to generate financial benefit of more than 20 billion baht.
Mr. Srettha places a high value on the need to embrace new systems for use in agriculture and related activities in addition to the PM’s priority-placed agricultural costs. He highly believes technology will help improve efficiency, reduce costs, and raise yields, said Mr Chai.