Project to use drones to spray chemicals on desert locusts

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People Daily | by Mwangi Mumero


The government has launched a pilot project seeking to deploy drones to control desert locust in Samburu County, Northern Kenya.

Funded by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development office through the Frontier Technologies Hub, the project is a partnership between CABI and Astral-Aerial, a technology firm.

CABI is a global non-profit organisation that provides information and applying scientific expertise to solve problems in agriculture and the environment…

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