AI in the Sky

Engineering professor Chaopeng Shen’s AI-based hydrological models helped PlantVillage teams in Africa combat a powerful locust plague and save the crops of thousands of farmers.

conceptual illustration of farmers, crops, and graphics related to AI, crop yield, and more, by Stuart Bradford

By Savita Iyer

Illustration by Stuart BradfordMay / June 2023

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