But technology can help. And Shiona Mccallum has spent a day on a rose farm in naivasha to find out more. Our years are punctuated by times that we want to buy flowers valentines, birthdays, christmases. And the chances are, when you look in your bouquet, one of the stems would have been grown here in kenya. But like most places, this part of the world is not immune to the problems that Climate Change is bringing. Rising temperatures, extreme droughts and flash floods are affecting the crop yields. In fact, just a couple of years ago, some Kenyan Flowerfarms reported losses as high as 50 due to the impact of heavy downpours. So thats where the Technology Comes in. Artificial Intelligence Company lima labs is providing a Machine Vision system using drones, which they say makes the farming smarter and more predictable. We use a camera on the drone to take images of crops in the farm. And then once weve gotten those images, we send them to the office and then were able to process them and
red berries are nice. these specifically is - hypericum, the red berry. so the beauty of this crop lies with the berries, - the red, shiny berries. the quality of these berries and the leaves looks fantastic. would you say the technology is really helping them be in this condition? yes, it is really helping - because with the technology, we have been able to come a long way i in producing more strong varieties, i more resistant ones. how has the technology been received here on the farm? what does everyone think about having drones in place and using the tech? we didn t believe in it at first, but later on, when we saw- the results and benefits, - it s now a way of life on our side. so from there, the farmers conduct weekly farm assessments. depending on the flowers. health, they can change their sales and logistics decisions, meaning they don t waste time or lose money. another thing is time management. for the shortest time possible, - and you get more accurate results. i c