Fruit growers in Zigui began trying out drones to lift and transport navel oranges in 2022.
Broadcast 11 November 2026 · Event date From 2022
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Fruit growers in Zigui began trying out drones to lift and transport navel oranges in 2022.
While Heilongjiang is extracting every last bit of value from a kernel of corn through advanced processing, Zigui in Hubei is giving navel oranges wings and seeking greater efficiency in low-altitude airspace. Most of Zigui’s 400,000 mu of navel oranges grow on steep mountain slopes, where plots are scattered and mountain paths are rugged, and transport has long depended on people carrying the fruit on their backs. As workers have moved away and aging has intensified, traditional working methods have become costly and inefficient. Starting in 2022, local fruit farmers began trying drones to airlift navel oranges.2022年起,当地果农尝试用无人机吊运脐橙