Benefits of drone technology for Fall Armyworm control
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Study on smallholder maize farmers perception of the benefits of deploying a spraying drone technology for Fall Army worm control in Northern Ghana. A structured questionnaire was used to collect data from 146 randomly selected small holder maize farmers in three locations in Northern Ghana. Ghana's food basket is thought to be the Guinea Savannah ecological zone in northern Ghana.Three districts in Northern Ghana—Tolon, Mion in the North, and West Mumprusi in the Northeast—were used for the study.
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Data was collected from maize farmers who participated in drone spraying experiment for FAW control in Northern Ghana. A visual analogue scale of 1-10 was used as the scale to measure farmers' perception of the benefits of deploying the spraying drone for FAW control on experimental fields.