SAS brings data analytics to South African micro-farmers to boost food security

SAS, a global data and AI company, is helping South African micro-farmers make better crop decisions, improve income potential and strengthen food security through a Data for Good initiative that brings advanced analytics to some of the country’s most resource-constrained farming communities. Working alongside data science consultancy dataDecisions.ai and the nonprofit The Dream, SAS analyzed seasonal crop performance, growth cycles and market pricing data from micro-farms near the Cradle of Hum