African farmers are using private satellite data to improve crop yields
Last year, as the harvest season drew closer, Olabokunde Tope came across an unpleasant surprise. While certain spots on his 70-hectare cassava farm in Ibadan, Nigeria, were thriving, a sizable parcel was pale and parched—the result of an early and unexpected halt in the rains. The cassava... #press
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