According to a report by Taiwan's "Central News Agency" on October 12, Taiwan's "Zhongwei Development Center" promotes cooperation between technology companies and farmers in Hualien to inject drone technology into traditional agriculture. application, hoping to improve agricultural development with cross-domain wisdom.

Thirty-four tea farmers from the middle and low altitude tea areas in Taitung visited the Wuhe Tea Area in Ruisui Township, Hualien, to learn about the application of agricultural spray tea Plant protection drone in tea gardens.

According to reports, the tea area of ​​Ruisui Township is known as "the birthplace of honey-scented black tea". In the late 1990s, the tea industry improvement field processed the tea buds after being sucked by small green leafhoppers into tea with honey-scented tea, which won an award in 2006. , and local tea farmers continued to promote it.

The report quoted a local tea farmer as saying that labor is now hard to find, and the use of agricultural spray tea spray uav can save labor, and can play the functions of foliar fertilization and foliar dew removal for tea trees. However, an agricultural spray drone can easily cost hundreds of thousands of NT dollars, so in the early stage, people will be asked to spray on its behalf.

The report also said that Huang Yeping, chairman of the Hualien County UAV Application Development Association, said that applying for the use of agricultural spray pesticide spraying drone for tea requires relevant certificates and licenses. If you pass the test to become a pilot, you can not only take care of your own farmland, but also help other farmers spray.