A research project has brought together artificial intelligence (AI), satellites, cloud computing and the internet of things (IoT) to help farmers detect diseased bananas using a smartphone app. The AI tool is built into an app called Tumaini, which means ‘hope’ in Swahili. It uses image recognition technologyContinue Reading
UPDATE 3: Deadline for abstracts extended to 31 August 2018. For more information, visit www.itfnet.org/troped2018/programme.php UPDATE 3: Deadline for abstracts and early bird registration have been extended to 31 July 2018. Early bird registration has been extended to 31 July 2018. UPDATE 2: Early bird registration has been extended to 15Continue Reading
The South African banana industry is currently facing a disease threat from two sides: the first is the dreaded Fusarium TR4 that was identified in Nampula Province in northern Mozambique in 2013, where it is still contained. One of the two affected farms has asked to be declared insolvent andContinue Reading
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