Three students from Zayed University devised a "smart way" to pollute palm trees, using drones, and saved their project in the Environmental Sustainability Contest at Tongji University of China.
The student, Alia Al-Rumaithi, told Emirates Al-Youm: "I participated with my colleagues Fatima Al-Hammadi and Fardous Al-Hashemi in implementing the project." The project provides for the cost of safe and safe sieve vaccination by maintaining the safety of workers engaged in tree pollination , Especially the very high palm trees, and in times of extreme heat ».
She added: "We have completed the project during the current academic year, and we are working on its development, so we stand on the accuracy of the vaccination process using drones," pointing out that «they chose the palm tree, because vaccination is harder than other trees, in addition to the spread of palm trees in the environment The UAE. "We use two drones, the first to survey the palm farms, identify the trees that need to be vaccinated, the second carries the vaccine and vaccinates the specific trees, and is directed electronically using the remote control," Al-Rumaithi said. (In science we think 2019), the Abu Dhabi Ports Competition and outside the state environmental sustainability competition at Tongji University. "
The project won the first prize at the International Student Conference on Environment and Sustainability of 2019, which was recently held at Shanghai's Tongji University, among 400 different participants.
"The production of dates will increase with this method, and the flowering seasons of the country's palm trees - which are experiencing high temperatures - coincide with the hottest period," said Professor Youssef Nazzal, In general, this method will make vaccination more efficient, as farmers will control in-flight (unmanned) aircraft from inside, which will help to promote their health and safety. "