Technology can boost farming in Africa, but it can also threaten biodiversity. How to balance the two

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Jul 18, 2023, 5:10 pm148 pts
Cultivating one hectare of maize used to be an arduous task for Precious Banda, a farmer in Zambia. It would take her hundreds of hours to prepare her land before sowing and to keep it weed-free until harvest—equipped with nothing but a small hoe. She says it was backbreaking work: "I can still feel it." For…

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