Kenyan Smallholder Farmers Use AI Apps to Detect Crop Disease and Cut Costs as AgriTech Spreads Across Africa

Kenyan Smallholder Farmers Use AI Apps to Detect Crop Disease and Cut Costs as AgriTech Spreads Across Africa

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In Matungulu ward in Kenya’s Machakos County, farmer John Wambua photographs his maize leaves with a smartphone and receives a diagnosis within 20 seconds — a fall armyworm infestation, with recommended solutions to address it. “This app has greatly helped me and many farmers around this area,” Wambua said, adding that the tool diagnoses problems,…

A Focus on Crop Breeding

A Focus on Crop Breeding

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Modern crop breeding is defined by the application of scientific techniques to improve the genetic potential of plants used for food, fuel, manufacturing, ecosystem services, and other human activities. This is achieved through the intentional manipulation of plant genetics, either through “conventional” processes or genetic engineering (GE), to develop crop varieties that are better adapted…