Agricultural Drones: Material Afterlives of Mao’s Green Revolution

The four propellers begin to spin. A gust of wind presses down the surrounding rice plants as a pulsing rotor-whir fills the air. The drone, carrying its battery and a tank of pesticides, lifts off and stabilises, hovering briefly before angling towards the fields. It accelerates over the paddies, the air beneath it flattening the […] The post Agricultural Drones: Material Afterlives of Mao’s Green Revolution appeared first on Made in China Journal.

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