Digital technology and services for sustainable agriculture in Tanzania: A literature review

GE Mushi, G Di Marzo Serugendo, PY Burgi - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Digital technology has the potential to eradicate extreme poverty and food insecurity to the
majority of smallholder farmers in the world. This paper aims to identify knowledge gaps on …

Wheat ear counting in-field conditions: high throughput and low-cost approach using RGB images

JA Fernandez-Gallego, SC Kefauver, NA Gutiérrez… - Plant methods, 2018 - Springer
Background The number of ears per unit ground area (ear density) is one of the main
agronomic yield components in determining grain yield in wheat. A fast evaluation of this …

Detection of passion fruits and maturity classification using Red-Green-Blue Depth images

S Tu, Y Xue, C Zheng, Y Qi, H Wan, L Mao - Biosystems Engineering, 2018 - Elsevier
Highlights•The depth image feasibility was explored in detecting fruits application.•RGB-D
detector was presented based on Faster R-CNN using RGB-D images.•RGB-DSIFT-LLC …

Recognising blueberry fruit of different maturity using histogram oriented gradients and colour features in outdoor scenes

K Tan, WS Lee, H Gan, S Wang - Biosystems engineering, 2018 - Elsevier
For early yield estimation and harvest management, the recognition of blueberry fruit and
their maturity is essential since blueberries do not ripen at the same time. This study was …

Recent advances in image processing techniques for automated harvesting purposes: A review

CS Pereira, R Morais, MJCS Reis - 2017 intelligent systems …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Image processing has been proved to be an effective tool for analysis in various human
activity areas, namely, agricultural applications. Interpreting a digital color image of fruit …

Identifying blueberry fruit of different growth stages using natural outdoor color images

H Li, WS Lee, K Wang - Computers and electronics in agriculture, 2014 - Elsevier
This study was conducted to identify blueberry fruit of different growth stages using natural
outdoor images toward the development of a blueberry yield mapping system. As …

Correcting agronomic data from multiple passes through a farmable region

R Richt, JM Rute, JP Skelton - US Patent 10,477,756, 2019 - Google Patents
Inaccurate agronomic data may be identified and corrected by obtaining agronomic data
indicating areas of sub-regions of a farmable region and value for the sub-regions, wherein …

Variable rate spreader for real-time spot-application of granular fertilizer in wild blueberry

HS Chattha, QU Zaman, YK Chang, S Read… - … and Electronics in …, 2014 - Elsevier
The commercial variable rate (VR) fertilizer spreader can change fertilizer rates in different
management zones using global positioning system (GPS) guided prescription maps. The …

Spot-application of fungicide for wild blueberry using an automated prototype variable rate sprayer

TJ Esau, QU Zaman, YK Chang, AW Schumann… - Precision …, 2014 - Springer
Wild blueberry producers apply fungicide uniformly without considering significant bare
spots in the field. The wrong or over use of fungicide in bare spots results in an increased …

Performance evaluation of multiple ground based sensors mounted on a commercial wild blueberry harvester to sense plant height, fruit yield and topographic …

AA Farooque, YK Chang, QU Zaman, D Groulx… - … and electronics in …, 2013 - Elsevier
Site-specific crop management can increase profitability and reduce environmental risks of
wild blueberry crop having large spatial variation in soil/plant characteristics and …