There was plenty of sorghum (the local staple crop) in nearby countries and either buying and shipping it by truck or perhaps even just giving money to starving people and watching the market get food to them would be quicker than anything else that could be done.

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Usess of the Airware technology, which started shipping last November, so far include agricultural drones that use image analysis to decrease waste of water and increase crop yields.

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