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Computer science can help farmers explore alternative crops and sustainable farming methods

  • Written by Barath Raghavan, Associate Professor of Computer Science and Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Southern California
Computer science can help farmers explore alternative crops and sustainable farming methodsChick peas intercropped with flax on a farm in Stanford, Mont.USDA NRCS Montana

Humans have physically reconfigured half of the world’s land to grow just eight staple crops: maize (corn), soy, wheat, rice, cassava, sorghum, sweet potato and potato. They account for the vast majority of calories that people around the world consume. As global...

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