Photo-based crop insurance could debut in Kenya in 2019
By Aisling Irwin Published on https://www.scidev.net Picture-based crop insurance could make its debut in Kenya next year after a study in India found that it may avoid the pitfalls of other insurance schemes. As trained smallholders photograph their crops during the...Nanopore sequencing for plant disease diagnostics in Ethiopia
By Diane Saunders First published 4 July 2018 Following extensive training at the John Innes Centre, our visiting scientist Abel Debebe Mitiku will lead the deployment of the first real-time, mobile diagnostics platform for wheat yellow rust in Ethiopia this summer....What 100,000 African farmers can teach us about social networks
By Adam Wills Published on https://medium.com/ 4 July 2018 In July 2017 we started the Africa Farmers Club (AFC) with the aim of helping farmers share their knowledge, networks and markets. Since then we’ve gained over 100,000 members and generated over 150,000 posts...If Mary has a little lamb, who should know about it?
The GDPR and data science for agricultural development are at odds when it comes to delivering personalized products for the public good.