When There’s No Agronomist to Call, Kenyan Farmers Ask AI

With agricultural officers in short supply, Kenyan farmers are turning to AI for answers about crop diseases, livestock health and feeding. But when the technology gets it wrong, the cost can be borne in lost harvests, sick animals and money spent on the wrong treatment.
When There’s No Agronomist to Call, Kenyan Farmers Ask AI

Her farm in Kiambu is what many of her peers would call a farmer’s paradise. There, Gertrude Ngugi rears cows, sheep and chicken. She grows vegetables, raises earthworms and experiments...