Armed with AI and cash, Nigerian farmers act before floods

In Nigeria, cutting-edge AI and traditional aid are helping farmers save crops before the floodwaters rise. — Photo by Ali Mkumbwa on Unsplash

LAGOS: Artificial intelligence and traditional aid are helping farmers like Salihu Ali in northern Nigeria act before their farms are submerged by increasingly regular floods fuelled by climate change.

Ali was warned that floods were coming in 2022 and was provided with cash to prepare his farm in Dasin Hausa, a remote village of cowpea, maize, and rice farmers in Adamawa state.