Hungry birds no match for drones, and Ghana’s farmers are relieved
Rice farmers are being taught how to use drones to carry out jobs such as spraying fertiliser more efficiently and mapping scarce water sources
16 October 2019 - 15:48
Asutsuare — Ephraim Kofi Kenney does not like to work in the fields scaring pests away. But today he must.
A flock of migratory birds has repeatedly invaded his parents' rice plot outside Accra, Ghana's capital, and the 16-year-old has been tasked with keeping the invaders away from the young crop...
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