In Nicaragua, entrepreneurs in the agricultural sector have reiterated the benefits that this technology brings in terms of competitiveness, and insist on clear rules for their use.
Fumigating at lower costs and improving surveillance of planted areas are some of the benefits that drones provide for agricultural activities. An example of this is the data provided by the Union of Agricultural Producers of Nicaragua (Upanic), whose representatives say that with a drone, the cost of spraying a manzana (7,042.25 m2 = 1.74 acres) of crops is 20 cents, well below the $3 it costs using traditional methods.
A group of private companies led by agricultural entrepreneurs is preparing a bill that regulates the use of drones for economic activities.
Representatives of the Union of Agricultural Producers of Nicaragua (UPANIC), which leads the group of business chambers that have prepared the proposal, explained that as part of the process they reviewed the regulation on drones that exists in other Central American countries, to "...
The business sector is proposing to the government that regulations be made more flexible and that the use of drones over 100 feet high be allowed in agricultural, tourism and construction activities.
Businessmen from the construction sector argue that currently they have to rent a helicopter in order to take pictures and videos of works in development, the same as in the agricultural sector, where the inability to use drones raises costs in activities such as crop fumigation.
A proposal has been made in Nicaragua to make the rules on the use of drones more flexible in order to reduce costs in activities such as spraying of agricultural plantations.
According estimates by UPANIC, up to $40 per acre could be saved in the fumigation of plantations using drones.
The president of the Union of Agricultural Producers in Nicaragua (UPANIC) explained to Elnuevodiario.com.ni that"...the use of drones in agricultural plantations allows analysis to be made of the level of moisture in the soil, the degree of compaction or presence of organic material. 'If you have forty hectares planted with cane and the drone tells you that water is only required in 25 because in the other 15 there is enough water, you save on the cost structure'."
The total value of the use of drone technology in the future in agriculture is estimated at $32 billion and in infrastructure services, the figure is more than $45 billion.
A comprehensive report by PriceWaterhouseCoopers points to the business potential of the drones market and the application of this technology in different productive sectors such as infrastructure, agriculture, services, telecommunications, transportation, safety and mining, among others.
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