PlantVillage

Mobile app helps Kenyan farmers diagnose plant diseases using satellite data

Developed by researchers from Penn State University, smartphone application program PlantVillage utilises satellite data to enable cassava and maize farmers from Western Kenya to scan and analyse diseases affecting their crops and take immediate, proper remedy actions. According to research by a team of scientists from Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, Western Kenya …

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KALRO establishes facility to control rust disease causing 80% losses

The Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organisation (KALRO) in Njoro has established a diagnostics hub that enables local researchers to identify yellow rust strains– diseases that reduce grain yields by 30 – 80 per cent– within two days of collecting samples. This process previously took three to 12 months and was reliant on sending samples …

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