Feb 21, 2020

Penn State responds: App aids UN efforts to control Africa's locust infestation

A partnership with the UN enables Penn State researchers to rapidly respond to the locust crisis with an artificial intelligence tool that tracks the insects’ spread.

A locust swarm in northeast Kenya. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization has warned that the swarms already seen in Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia could range farther afield. IMAGE: SVEN TORFINN/FAO