Integrating time-tested technology with emerging innovations, remote Isle au Haut could be a renewable energy model for the rest of the world. ENSIA
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Read MoreIn a project run by the Netherlands-based Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) rice farmers are being taught how to use drones to carry out jobs such as spraying fertilizer more efficiently and mapping scarce water sources, said George Madjitey, CEO of GEM Industrial Solutions. THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION
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