The road to the development and popularization of agricultural UAV is not smooth.

China has always been a large agricultural country, and as of last year, agriculture accounted for about 48% of the total population. After experiencing the military market and commercial market, many drone companies have targeted the agricultural market.

In theory, agricultural UAV can indeed produce great help to agriculture, but in practical application, it may encounter many problems. In the application of agricultural drones, we have to face such a realistic question: who is most likely to buy agricultural drones? Will farmers who use agricultural drones buy a drone? There are large farmers, but they are more service providers based on agricultural production, including agricultural cooperatives, pesticide suppliers, agricultural machinery service teams, and so on.

Although there is a lot of news about farmers buying drones to operate, the operators of these agricultural drones either have several years of flight experience or are hired from professional pilots, and very few people with no flight experience are directly in control. As you can imagine, when we are learning to drive, it takes months of practice to be familiar with the operation of a car in such a flat motion, and it undoubtedly takes more time to learn about the three-dimensional movement of UAV, and it will definitely take more time than you can imagine. The difficulty of operation of agricultural drones is a problem that must be faced. If they are to really meet the needs of underground operations, they must need professional operators.

So what about drones that are more approachable and more suitable for Chinese agriculture? As agricultural instruments and production tools that need to be popularized, agricultural drones must be automated and fly unmanned. We cannot hope to train a farmer to administer drugs in the field to operate the drone, even if it is simple, it is not necessary. In addition, manual operation can be done within close visual range, but if spraying on hundreds of acres of farmland, the UAV will certainly exceed the line of sight. With the current technology, it is not difficult to make the UAV fly independently. GIS geographic information technology can provide the UAV with directions and possible fixed obstacles, and the UAV can plan the flight path before operation.

In addition, the market price of agricultural drones should be reasonable. Although many provinces and cities have introduced subsidy policies for agricultural drones, what we need to consider is the price range that users who buy drones can afford. In this way, it is more conducive to the application and promotion of UAV in agriculture, so as to establish a scale effect of UAV plant protection market.

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A brief Analysis of Investment suggestions for Agricultural UAV

Investment suggestion: ① UAV agricultural plant protection efficiency and economy are significantly better than the traditional plant protection methods. It is a breakthrough in agricultural modernization during the 13th five-year Plan. During the 13th five-year Plan period of ②, the average annual market demand for agricultural plant protection UAV service is about 30 billion. ③ 's upcoming Central No. 1 document will be a powerful catalyst for agricultural plant protection drones. Increasing heavy load and attaching importance to service is the trend of the industry, which is beneficial for large enterprises to stand out, and companies with strong R & D and service capacity and strong shareholder background will be given priority. Key recommendations: German and Austrian air links; beneficiary targets: Longxin General Motors, Xin'an shares, Shanhe Intelligence, Zoomlion heavy Science, etc. The mechanization level of plant protection is the lowest, and it is the weakest link of agricultural modernization.

Traditional agricultural plant protection is mainly based on artificial knapsack and spray rod spraying pesticides, and 96% of farmers think that the heaviest work in the field is the spraying link.

At present, the disadvantages of artificial plant protection are low operation efficiency, low effective utilization rate of agriculture, high labor intensity and low safety. The efficiency and economy of plant protection of UAV agriculture is remarkable and it is the breakthrough of agricultural modernization. Compared with the traditional manual and manual plant protection machinery UAV has significant advantages in plant protection efficiency and economy.

The efficiency of ① is reflected in high operational efficiency, good control effect, low operating cost, high safety and wide adaptability. The economy of ② is reflected in the use of labor and pesticides, and the cost of UAV plant protection is reduced by half. Therefore, compared with the traditional artificial plant protection, the agricultural plant protection UAV has obvious advantages in efficiency and economy, and is expected to replace the traditional plant protection machinery in the future. There is much room to improve the mechanization level of plant protection in our country, and the average annual market demand for whole machine service is about 30 billion. The market space of ① agricultural plant protection UAV is at least 20 billion. The average annual market space of ② agricultural plant protection UAV service is at least 24 billion.

The upcoming Central No. 1 document will be a powerful catalyst for agricultural plant protection drones. In 2014, the No. 1 document of the Central Committee proposed to "speed up the construction of agricultural aviation" and the 13th five-year Plan proposed to vigorously promote agricultural modernization and promote the simultaneous development of new industrialization, informatization, urbanization and agricultural modernization. In recent years, local subsidy policies have also been introduced one after another to judge the future of various localities and even the central level, it is very likely that agricultural plant protection drones will be included in the scope of agricultural machinery subsidies.