AI joins the fight against locusts in Africa
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AI to help farmers fight locusts
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Kuzi AI tool launched to help farmers predict locust attacks
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Selina Wamucii, a pan-African marketplace, has launched Kuzi, an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered tool, to help farmers across Africa to predict and control locust attacks.
Kuzi uses satellite data, soil sensor data, ground meteorological observation, and machine-learning to predict the breeding, occurrence, migration routes and swarm formations of desert locusts across the horn of African and Eastern African countries.
Upon collection of this data, Kuzi then sends farmers and pastoralists free SMS alerts 2-3 months prior to likely locust attacks on their farms and livestock in their areas. Without preventative measures, a swarm of 80 million locusts can consume food equivalent to that eaten by 35,000 people a day, devastating food stocks for vulnerable communities.