AI can fix Africa's harvest crisis
· Source: gadget.co.za
In short
Cereal losses across Sub-Saharan Africa run at roughly 20%, while fruits, vegetables and tubers reach 40–50%, yet the deeper problem is an information deficit rather than only infrastructure. Under the Kampala Declaration, African leaders aim to halve post-harvest losses by 2035, and the article argues that AI — yield forecasts, connected sensors, predictive spoilage models and intelligent planning — must be connected across the agri value chain through enterprise systems to turn losses into preventable failures.
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Tags: supply chain, food loss, forecasting, traceability, agriculture, logistics