Climate change effects on pathogen emergence: Artificial intelligence to translate big data for mitigation

KA Garrett, DP Bebber, BA Etherton… - Annual Review of …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Plant pathology has developed a wide range of concepts and tools for improving plant
disease management, including models for understanding and responding to new risks from …

Risk management in international supply chains: A review with USA and African Cases

CC Okoye, OC Ofodile, ST Tula… - Magna Scientia …, 2024 - magnascientiapub.com
The globalization of supply chains has brought about unprecedented opportunities for
businesses to expand their reach and access diverse markets. However, it has also exposed …

[HTML][HTML] Detection of banana plants and their major diseases through aerial images and machine learning methods: A case study in DR Congo and Republic of Benin

MG Selvaraj, A Vergara, F Montenegro, HA Ruiz… - ISPRS Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Front-line remote sensing tools, coupled with machine learning (ML), have a significant role
in crop monitoring and disease surveillance. Crop type classification and a disease early …

Are farmers ready to use phone-based digital tools for agronomic advice? Ex-ante user readiness assessment using the case of Rwandan banana farmers

M McCampbell, J Adewopo, L Klerkx… - The Journal of …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose Digital extension is widely embraced in African agricultural development, promising
unprecedented outcomes and impact. Especially phone-based services attract attention as …

Raw wastewater irrigation for urban agriculture in three African cities increases the abundance of transferable antibiotic resistance genes in soil, including those …

BP Bougnom, S Thiele-Bruhn, V Ricci, C Zongo… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
A study was conducted to investigate the impact of raw wastewater use for irrigation on
dissemination of bacterial resistance in urban agriculture in African cities. The pollution of …

[HTML][HTML] Influence of altitude as a proxy for temperature on key Musa pests and diseases in watershed areas of Burundi and Rwanda

GV Nakato, JS Okonya, D Kantungeko, W Ocimati… - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
Pests and diseases are key biotic constraints limiting banana production among smallholder
farmers in Eastern and Central Africa. Climate changemay favour pest and disease …

[HTML][HTML] The potential impact of banana Xanthomonas wilt on food systems in Africa: modeling scenarios of policy response and disease control measures

A Petsakos, M Kozicka, G Blomme… - … in Sustainable Food …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Banana Xanthomonas wilt (BXW) is one of the most important diseases threatening banana
production in Africa south of the Sahara (SSA). In this study, we examine the potential …

A contingent valuation analysis for assessing the market for genetically modified planting materials among banana producing households in Uganda

EM Kikulwe, M Asindu - GM crops & food, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Banana is an important livelihood source for more than 12 million smallholder farmers in
Uganda. Despite this contribution, its productivity continues to decline due to Banana …

[图书][B] Benefits from the adoption of genetically engineered innovations in the Ugandan banana and cassava sectors: an ex ante analysis

EM Kikulwe, JB Falck-Zepeda, HK Oloka, JA Chambers… - 2020 - books.google.com
The Government of Uganda has implemented programs and policies to improve the
agricultural sector's recent underperformance. Uganda's two main food security crops …

[HTML][HTML] Altitude and management affect soil fertility, leaf nutrient status and Xanthomonas wilt prevalence in enset gardens

S Shara, R Swennen, J Deckers, F Weldesenbet… - Soil, 2021 - soil.copernicus.org
Enset (Ensete ventricosum) is a productive, drought-tolerant and multipurpose food security
crop grown in the densely populated Ethiopian highlands. It is a so-called orphan crop, and …