Inside the ‘America First’ makeover of a global hunger program

Bassirou Sani Boubacar Gaoh, a Niger-based plant breeder, leads a program to combat pests like the millet head miner threatening staple crops in the Sahel. Funded by USAID's Feed the Future Innovation Labs and partnered with Pennsylvania State University, the initiative trains farmers in pest surveillance and AI-powered tools like PlantVillage to reduce crop losses.