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Nov
Ugandan developers create app to spot fall armyworm damage in maize (The Herald)
Ugandan developers have come up with an agriculture app that can easily help millions of smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe and across the continent spot the fall armyworm — a voracious pest that entered the continent from the Americas in 2016.
Fall armyworm has been destroying maize crops and posing a major threat to food security and agricultural trade.
According to a Ventures Beat report, Hansu Mobile and Intelligent Innovations app developers first collected data samples from nearby fields using their smartphones to capture images.