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App for cassava crop disease surveillance

(i) A module that enables crowdsourcing of crop disease surveillance data

from farmers’ gardens

(ii) The second module is for cassava crop disease diagnosis, this provides

a real-time diagnosis of their crops. It calculates the state of health of a

cassava crop by analysis of an image of its leaves. A farmer is, therefore,

able to make the necessary early interventions in their garden. This cuts

down on the cost of having to wait for the time when the experts are

expected to come around. It also saves much on the farmers yield.

(iii) The last module is on communication, we give the farmers a platform

that allows them to interact with each other and also with the experts in

cassava. This allows farmers to get instant feedback on anything related

to the state of their crops.

The module has three parts

• The Chat: This allows farmers to chat with fellow farmers and experts. It allows upload of images, audio and video files, this helps very

much in fully putting their messages across to the concerned parties.

• The Q& A: The platform has got experts that are there to respond to

farmers questions, using the app farmers are able to send their questions

1and they are given feedback by the experts.

• The Channels: The platform allows the creation of channels where

articles are submitted, the goal is that farmers find them interesting and

subscribe to them. But to subscribe the farmer must have uploaded a

given number of images. Each channel has a given threshold that if the

farmer has uploaded images that meet that threshold then they are able

to subscribe to that channel and be able to access articles from the channel.