What Helps Brazilian Coffee Farmers Cut Operating Costs by 50-70% and Thai Durian Growers Reduce Pesticide Use by 20-30%? Unveiling DJI Agriculture’s Global Smart Agriculture Code

Agricultural drones, as a high-tech and new form of productive force, have increasingly demonstrated their influence in the global agricultural sector. Currently, the application of agricultural drones has comprehensively covered major food and cash crops worldwide, including rice, wheat, corn, potatoes, soybeans, tea, citrus, apples, cherries, cotton, and sugarcane. Their application scenarios have also expanded from single-plant protection tasks to multiple applications such as sowing, lifting, and fruit tree protection.

DJI Agriculture, a leader in the industry, has expanded its business across six continents and over 100 countries and regions after 12 years of dedicated development. As of October 2024, DJI agricultural drones have sold more than 400,000 units globally, with a cumulative operation area exceeding 90 billion acres. In 2024 alone, the operation area reached over 25 billion acres.

Global Impact: Numbers Reflect Leap

32x Growth: In 2024, export volume surged 32 times compared to 2017, capturing over 30% of the global agricultural drone market.

45% Increase: In the first quarter of 2025, overseas shipments increased by 45% year-on-year, reflecting an unstoppable trend in smart agriculture.

Selected Global Smart Agriculture Cases of DJI

Since formally entering the overseas market in 2017, DJI Agriculture has partnered with multiple countries and regions worldwide, using advanced smart agricultural technology to improve agricultural production efficiency and quality.

Brazil: Coffee growers use drones to apply agricultural chemicals, reducing operating costs by 50-70%. In soybean fields, drone field management effectively solves the problem of seedling damage, increasing yield by 1.2 tons per hectare.

USA: DJI’s precision agriculture + AI recognition solution achieves a point-spray accuracy rate of over 95%. Precision drone weeding increases revenue by $17 per acre.

Mexico: Assists agave growers in precisely applying herbicides, significantly enhancing weed control effectiveness.

Australia: Focusing on precision weed control in pastures, effectively controls the major weed, blackberry.

Thailand: During the critical window for durian tree pest and disease control, drones respond swiftly, reducing pesticide use by 20-30% and boosting the durian industry.

Romania: Utilizes drones for vineyard management, helping farmers halve the use of agricultural chemicals.

South Africa: Aids small sugarcane farmers in increasing yield and income, with a maximum increase of 1.78 tons of sugar per hectare.

Hungary: Solves rodent problems in winter wheat fields by quickly and accurately identifying burrow locations and precisely applying pesticides. Over 9,000 rodent infestation points were eliminated in 10 days, completing a 391.26-hectare application task.

Japan: Successfully assisted in the post-disaster recovery of wheat production in Kagawa Prefecture.

In the key period of global agriculture’s transition towards intelligence and efficiency, agricultural drones, as an important tool for precision pesticide application, have become a new trend in the pesticide application field.

From July 10-11, 2025, AgroPages will invite Mr. Nie Hongyuan, Senior Manager of DJI Agriculture, to share DJI’s experience in conducting local agricultural cooperation and transforming traditional agricultural models globally at the Lansheng • 2025 China Pesticide Exporting Workshop.

DJI Agriculture will join forces with agrochemical elites to explore the future development and cooperation opportunities in agriculture and jointly embark on a new chapter of smart agriculture.