Faced with an army worm attack, XAG was one of the first to introduce fully autonomous drones in some of the most affected countries, such as Zambia, South Africa, Vietnam, and China, to increase the effectiveness of the fight, which was initially limited to manual spraying.

XAG found that in the most affected countries in Africa and Asia, the lack of smart devices, as well as the unique natural habits of the worm and the lack of professional knowledge of farmers, led to rapid large-scale infection.

Chemical control remains one of the most widely used methods to control the spread of the autumn worm. However, most farmers usually resort to traditional sprayers, and in many cases the effect is disappointing, and farmers endanger themselves with pesticide poisoning.

The new solution from UAS XAG - Operation "Drones Swarm" can cover infected arable land and massively kill pests in a large area. UAVs work safely after sunset to destroy nocturnal pests, whose food is most active in the dark.

Army Worm

A special spraying mechanism is designed for uniform application of pesticides of ultra-small volume. This not only increases the effects of chemicals on the army worm, but also reduces the use of pesticides by 30% and agricultural water by 90%.

In China, where the worm quickly penetrated more than 21 provinces and infected almost 600 thousand hectares. farmland, XAG has continuously collaborated with an international agrochemical company, local distributors and the government.

The result showed that in Guangxi, drones loaded with a low toxic synthetic insecticide effectively killed pests and reached larval mortality of up to 98%. In July of this year, in Yunnan, a drone team successfully managed a pest of nearly 270 hectares. arable land.