ICAR - Central institute of Dryland Agriculture, Hyderabad has signed a tripartite MOA with ICAR -. Central institute of Agricultural Engineering(CIAE), , Bhopal and Exodrones, Hyderabad for a collaborative research Project on "Development of Precision drone system for efficient spray on Horticulture crops” on 15-5-2026.

Dr. V. K. Singh from CRIDA, Dr. V. P. Choudhary, Head CIAE. Shri. Sidharth , CEO from Exodrones , Dr. K. V. Rao , Dr. I. Srinivas , Dr. Pankaj Shri. Babul Sinha CAO, Shri. N.V.R.N. Murthy and other scientific staff participated in the meeting.

Dr. V.K. Singh expressed his happiness over this MOA in which two public funded institutions joined hands with a private firm to develop a special drone for horticultural crops. He also said that this will further pave the way many more such activities in future for fast track research with a definite product development in short span.