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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Traders at Wakulima Market in Nairobi have warned of imminent increases in food prices as transport costs surge following recent fuel price hikes.
The Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority says Kenyan motorists must wait 30 to 45 days before recent declines in global oil prices appear at the pump. EPRA Petroleum and Gas Director Edward Kinyua attributed the lag to import processing and transport times.
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The Kenyan government has raised concerns over potential fuel price increases next month due to ongoing disruptions in the Red Sea and Middle East tensions affecting global oil supplies.