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Participatory AI for inclusive crop improvement

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  • Lasdun, Violet
  • Güereña, Davíd
  • Ortiz-Crespo, Berta
  • Mutuvi, Stephen
  • Selvaraj, Michael
  • Assefa, Teshale

Abstract

Crop breeding in the Global South faces a ‘phenotyping bottleneck’ due to reliance on manual visual phenotyping, which is both error-prone and challenging to scale across multiple environments, inhibiting selection of germplasm adapted to farmer production environments. This limitation impedes rapid varietal turnover, crucial for maintaining high yields and food security under climate change. Low adoption of improved varieties results from a top-down system in which farmers have been more passive recipients than active participants in varietal development.

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  • Lasdun, Violet & Güereña, Davíd & Ortiz-Crespo, Berta & Mutuvi, Stephen & Selvaraj, Michael & Assefa, Teshale, 2024. "Participatory AI for inclusive crop improvement," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 220(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:agisys:v:220:y:2024:i:c:s0308521x2400204x
    DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2024.104054
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