An expert has stated that drone spraying on farms costs KSh 1,000 per acre and takes seven minutes.
The service allows a five-acre farm to be sprayed in about 45 minutes at a total cost of KSh 5,000.
This compares to traditional knapsack methods, which can take several hours for the same area.
The details were reported on the day of publication by Kenyans.co.ke.
Innovators in agricultural technology have been urged to develop affordable and user-friendly tools suited to Kenya's smallholder farmers.
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