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Inside the new software used to curb South African locust swarms

In May 2022, the largest locust infestation in a quarter century descended on South Africa’s Eastern Cape, stripping 19,305 square miles of grazing land. With another swarm predicted for September (the arrival of spring in the Southern Hemisphere), farmers in the vast 65,238-square-mile province have joined with researchers to introduce a high-tech innovation—a software package to […]

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