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How an Xprize-winning group developed an AI assistant to help African farmers increase their crops and adapt to the climate crisis. Presented by SchneiderElec.

on crop health in the world, PlantVillage said. The app uses an artificial-intelligence assistant to identify and diagnose plant diseases and pests — particularly in cassava and maize crops — even in the most rural locations.

Caroline Dama Kitsao has farmed cassava and maize for almost a decade in Kilifi County, one of Kenya's poorest and least developed regions. More than half of Kilifi's farmers and their families live in extreme poverty. Dama Kitsao, who joined PlantVillage in 2020, is part of larger efforts toDama Kitsao said she's faced a high level of cassava diseases and pests that greatly reduce her crop yields.

Nuru works by using image recognition and detection to spot diseases. Similar to scanning a QR code, farmers can place their phone's camera over a leaf, and Nuru can spot diseases in real time and share ways to manage them.

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