Ambika Chandrasekharan, a farmer from Kerala’s Alappuzha district, endured tremendous hardships in the aftermath of the catastrophic floods of 2017-18. The flooding wreaked havoc in the region, severely depleting the soil’s nutrient levels and causing substantial losses in crop yields.
Around the same time, her son Devan had completed his graduation in aeronautical engineering. In the hope to help his family farmland, he says, “I tried using drones for crop prescription, as per plant characteristics, instead of focusing on soil testing.” After a couple of successful trials, driven by the need to address these problems and ensure immediate solutions for farmers, along with his sister Devika, he started Fuselage Innovations in 2020.
Brother-sister duo develop agri-drones, help farmers reap 40 per cent more yield
Fuselage Innovations was founded to provide solutions....
