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Tech and Development - Apps and Crop Diseases

16th October 2017

This is just brilliant. Plain brilliant. Technology making a difference to the standard of living of the poorest in society.

In this instance, an app to identify crop diseases and offer advice on how to treat them. And we all know that increase in agricultural productivity are necessary for future economic development.

'Tell me phone, what's destroying my crops?' - App developed in Germany helping Indian farmers combat disease, pesthttps://t.co/dhEL39UfSw pic.twitter.com/SMi8KAZ856
— Channa Prakash (@AgBioWorld) October 13, 2017

Graham Watson

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