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And what’s a clever-but-cheap way for a farmer to cut down his irrigation bill?Agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa may have the image of relentless toil and low productivity, but experts say new tech is changing the picture.
The idea of directly linking farmers to consumers, cutting out wholesalers and stores is a familiar story in Europe and North America.The company she founded, Lifantou, connects school canteens with farming cooperatives with the help of big data. Her one-stop platform draws on a databank of crop production and schools to match potential demand with supply.
Pix Fruit’s alternative uses advanced modelling software to produce a more precise count of the crop.Fruit-recognition technology then calculates the likely overall harvest, drawing on a databank compiled with the help of drones that also includes information on climate, soil and administrative constraints.
It operates in Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Malawi, Madagascar, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.
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