arly 300 farms, and it is planning to offer the service to all of its farmers over the next year.
Supporting the Precision Agriculture Revolution
More work needs to be done, however, to develop the model for drone services across Africa. Through IOM, for example, TechnoServe also found that the use of drones could greatly reduce the costs of designing agricultural water reservoirs and planning urban areas in East Africa. The use of drones for these services would also make it more affordable for agribusinesses to employ drones, because it would spread the cost of the machines across industries. Ultimately, getting drones into the air and helping farmers will require more of this kind of partnership between the private sector, government, and nonprofit organizations.
This is the first in a series of posts about new approaches piloted by the Innovation in Outcome Measurement project. A case study on the drone initiative is available here.
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