‘Grow potatoes’: AI helps farmers weather climate change
Alex Maere survived the destruction of Cyclone Freddy when it tore through southern Malawi in 2023. His farm did not.The 59-year-old saw decades of work disappear with the precious soil that the floods stripped from his small-scale farm in the foothills of Mount Mulanje.He was used to producing a healthy 850kg (1,870 pounds) of corn each season to support his three daughters and two sons. He salvaged just 8kg (17 pounds) from the wreckage of Freddy.“This is not a joke,” he said, remembering...
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