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This photograph taken on February 29, 2024 shows Sharmila Yadav, certified remote pilot trained under the government-backed “Drone Sister” programme, operating a drone to spray liquid fertiliser over a farm in Pataudi. Hundreds of women have been trained in rural India to fly fertiliser-spraying aircraft under the government-backed "Drone Sister" programme. The scheme aims to help modernise Indian farming by reducing labour costs, as well as saving time and water in an industry hamstrung by its reliance on outdated technology and growing climate change challenges.
It is also a portent of rural India's changing attitudes towards working women, who have traditionally found few opportunities to join the labour force and are often stigmatised for doing so. (Photo by Sajjad Hussain/AFP Photo)
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