IoTech World bags order to supply 500 agri-drones

New Delhi: Agri-drone maker IoTechWorld Avigation on Monday said it has secured a large contract from cooperative fertiliser major IFFCO for supplying 500 drones, which will be primarily used for spraying nano liquid urea and DAP.

Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative Limited (IFFCO) plans to procure 2,500 drones for spraying its products nano urea and nano DAP (Diammonium Phosphate). IFFCO also plans to create 5,000 rural entrepreneurs, who would be trained for spraying via drones. "The company will deliver 500 drones to IFFCO by December 2023," the company Co-Founder Anoop Upadhyay said in a statement. Gurugram-headquartered IoTechWorld is a manufacturer of India's first DGCA-type certified drone 'AGRIBOT'. The company is also backed by agro-chemical firm Dhanuka Agritech Ltd.