The Comesa Forum Showcases An Innovative Device For Detecting Crop Diseases
Ms. Esther Kimani of Farmer-Life-Line Technologies Ltd, Kenya, who presented the innovation for consideration in the COMESA Innovation Awards, said it was inspired by the need to find a solution to the prevalent destruction of crops by pests, pathogens, or delayed treatment of diseases prevalent in the region. “The camera system is programmed to capture images of the crops in the field periodically and process the images using advanced computer vision algorithms to determine the nature of the infection or infestation, any pests or pathogens,” she said....