AI tool for mapping smallholder crops proves itself in Senegal

AI tool for mapping smallholder crops proves itself in Senegal Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 09/29/2026 - 08:00 A new analysis of Senegalese croplands using an artificial intelligence developed at the University of Cambridge shows how technological benefits enjoyed by industrial agriculture could be brought to smallholder farms in Senegal and other countries in the Global South. Researchers used Cambridge’s Tessera , an open-source AI model trained on satellite images, to map crops in Senegal’s groundnut basin. They found that Tessera was more accurate than current methods, getting the right r