Artificial Intelligence Helps Banana Growers Protect The World's Most Favorite Fruit

Artificial intelligence-powered tools are rapidly becoming more accessible, including for people in the more remote corners of the globe. This is good news for smallholder farmers, who can use handheld technologies to run their farms more efficiently, linking them to markets, extension workers, satellite images, and climate information. The technology is also becoming the first line of defense against crop diseases and pests that can potentially destroy their harvests.