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Phones, satellites and drones used to map banana crops and diseases in DR Congo and Benin

A machine-learning platform combined field data from phones, satellite imagery and drones to map banana crops and threats in DR Congo and Benin, reaching 97% overall accuracy according to the Alliance.

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Organisation
Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT
Location
Democratic Republic of the Congo (and Benin), Democratic Republic of the Congo
Year
2020
Category
Agriculture

Researchers at the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT built a platform to monitor banana crops, an important food and income source for smallholders. Case studies were conducted in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Benin, and the work was published in the ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing.

According to the Alliance (26 October 2020), field data from phones and satellite imagery were used to map crop areas, and drones were deployed to analyse the exact threat and its intensity. The platform reached 97% overall accuracy in identifying banana crops and assessing threats, and the work addressed six major threats to banana, including bunchy top disease and Xanthomonas wilt.

Location: Democratic Republic of the Congo (and Benin)

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  1. Aerial images detect and track food security threats for millions of African farmers (Alliance Bioversity-CIAT, 26 October 2020) https://alliancebioversityciat.org/stories/aerial-images-detect-track-food-security-threats-millions-african-farmers

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