Why Pollination is so Important for Human Survival

Pollination is not just an extremely interesting dinner table topic to discuss with your friends and family; it helps produce all of the food that we eat on a daily basis. Without pollination all of the earth’s ecosystems would parish.

There are 1,400 crops that are grown around the world that are consumed and produce all of the plant-based industrial products.

In the United States, pollination of agricultural crops is valued annually at 10 billion dollars. Globally, pollination services are estimated at 3 trillion dollars.

• Half of the world’s diet of fats and oils come from animal-pollinated plants 

• 160 food crops in the U.S. depend on pollinators, including almost all fruit and grain crops

As the world population soars from its present 6 billion people to over 9 billion within 30 years, food producers need to make the best possible use of their resources. Bees are a key part of the food chain and colony collapse has decimated their numbers by 50% in just the last 10 years.

To fill this gap in food production and help farmers significantly improve their crop yields, Dropcopter has developed a service using UAS to pollinate crops like almonds, apples, cherries, pears, and many other fruit, nut and seed crops.   

Independent research has verified that Dropcopter's treatments increase crop yields by 10-60%. In addition, our precision flight path guarantees that all of an orchard's crops receive pollen, rather than relying on unpredictable patterns of bees. Dropcopter can also double the very short bloom window of trees by operating at night or in conditions of cold that keep pollinators in their hives.

Dropcopter is excited to bring its tools, service and expertise to help farmers make the best use of their land and feed a hungry world. 

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