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=== Africa Rainfall Project === The '''Africa Rainfall Project''' (launched October 2019) will use the computing power of World Community Grid, data from The Weather Company, and other data to improve rainfall modelling, which can help farmers in sub-Saharan Africa successfully raise their crops.<ref>β[https://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/about_us/viewNewsArticle.do?articleId=608 Announcing the Africa Rainfall Project] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191203105739/https://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/about_us/viewNewsArticle.do?articleId=608 |date=2019-12-03 }}β, World Community Grid. Retrieved, 30 Oct 2019.</ref> The amount of RAM that can be involved in calculations is from 1 to 16 gigabytes.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.reddit.com/r/BOINC/comments/x9r5p5/20x_wcg_africa_rainfall_project_when_16gb_ram_is/ | title=20x WCG Africa Rainfall Project - when 16GB RAM is barely enough | date=9 September 2022 }}</ref>
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