Machine-learning app to fight invasive crop pest in Africa

Mongabay
Oct 26, 2018, 1:37 pm219 pts
Since the arrival of the fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) caterpillar in West Africa in early 2016, true to its name, it has been marching quickly and mercilessly through the continent, eating maize (corn) along with sorghum, millet, and rice and causing billions of dollars in crop losses. It has now been…

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