As dawn breaks over the rolling hills of Kenya’s Amboseli ecosystem, a low hum rises above the fields, not from tractors or generators, but from drones.

These small buzzing machines are becoming a powerful new ally in the age-old struggle between humans and elephants.

For generations, farmers living along the borders of Kenya’s wildlife conservancies have watched helplessly as elephants trample through their maize, beans, and tomato fields in search of food and water.

What begins as a nightly trek for the animals often ends in ruined crops, broken fences, and frustration for communities struggling to survive off the land.

“Elephants are our biggest challenge,” said farmer Joel Mulinga, standing in his tomato field, where patches of flattened plants mark a recent intrusion.

“They destr

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