Like many farmers in Kibirichia, her farm was attacked by late blight, which severely affected her, but she had no recourse due to lack of any means to detect the diseases early enough. Late blight is a highly contagious disease as it quickly spreads from one farm to another. The cutting edge technology offered by the drone has put farmers ahead, enabling them contain pests and diseases thanks to early detection and control. According to experts, drone’s precision at detecting pests and diseases is over 10 times accurate compared to the human eye. Green means the crop has no stress, yellow the crop has scanty stress while red indicates that the crop has too much stress.

Source: Daily Nation February 01, 2019 17:26 UTC