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Tech and Development - Apps and Crop Diseases

Graham Watson

16th October 2017

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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.

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Graham Watson

Graham Watson has taught Economics for over twenty years. He contributes to Tutor2U, reads voraciously and is interested in all aspects of Teaching and Learning.

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