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No. 1360Problem statementAgriculture and food

Early detection and management of crop diseases and pest infestations

Source

Source summary

Create crop-health support for farmers, extension workers and agriculture officials, combining symptom images, pest-trap/sensor inputs, weather forecasts, crop/local context and geospatial hotspots. Include expert validation, multilingual integrated pest/disease-management advice, safe input guidance, laboratory/extension referral and follow-up. Learn from confirmed field outcomes rather than treating image classifications as certain diagnoses. The source seeks timely local intervention and more targeted pesticide use.