Search Results - "crowdsourcing"

Travel Time to Cities in Tanzania by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…For this, using a newly available accessibility model input dataset, such as new land cover data from satellites, crowdsourced road network data, and the updated population of major human settlements in Tanzania are used to update the existing market accessibility data and provides new market accessibility data layers benchmarking around the year 2015. …”
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Travel Time to Markets in Africa South of the Sahara by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…For this, using a newly available accessibility model input datasets, such as new land cover data from satellites, crowdsourced road network data, and updated population of major human settlements across SSA, HarvestChoice Project updated the existing market accessibility data and provides new market accessibility data layers benchmarking around the year 2010. …”
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ICTs to address information inefficiencies in food supply chains by Van Campenhout, Bjorn

“…Furthermore, I highlight some of the dangers of relying too much on ICT-mediated information, such as exclusionary networks, bias in crowdsourced data, and “fake news.” Finally, I explore why ICT applications that address information inefficiencies seem to be less successful than innovations that address other barriers to efficient and inclusive food supply chain development, such as risk or credit constraints.…”
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Monitoring crop phenology using a smartphone based near-surface remote sensing approach by Hufkens, Koen, Melaas, Eli K., Mann, Michael L., Foster, Timothy, Ceballos, Francisco, Robles, Miguel, Kramer, Berber

“…This study assesses the feasibility of using crowdsourced near-surface remote sensing imagery to monitor winter wheat phenology and identify damage events in northwest India. …”
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Crop variety management for climate adaptation supported by citizen science by Etten, Jacob van, Sousa, K. de, Aguillar, A., Barrios, M., Coto, A., Dell'Acqua, M., Fadda, Carlo, Gebrehawaryat, Y., Gevel, Jeske M.J, van de, Gupta, A., Kiros, A.Y., Madriz, Brandon, Mathur, P., Mengistu, D.K., Mercado, L., Mohammed, J.N., Paliwal, A., Pè, M.E., Quirós, C.F., Rosas, J.C., Sharma, N., Singh, S.S., Solanki, I.S., Steinke, J.

“…Existing approaches to generate these recommendations lack scalability and predictivity in marginal production environments. We tested if crowdsourced citizen science can address this challenge, producing empirical data across geographic space that, in aggregate, can characterize varietal climatic responses. …”
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Integrating conventional and participatory crop improvement for smallholder agriculture using the seeds for needs approach: A review by Fadda, Carlo, Mengistu, Dejene Kassahun, Kidane, Yosef Gebrehawaryat, Dell’Acqua, Matteo, Pè, Mario Enrico, Etten, Jacob van

“…Sidestepping any false dichotomies and ideological issues in these debates, this review provides a perspective on relevant advances in a breeding approach that combines the two approaches and uses genomics for trait mining from ex situ collections of genetic materials, participatory multilocation trials and crowdsourced citizen science. It argues that this new combination of high-tech centralized and participatory decentralized methods can provide a coherent and effective approach to breeding for climate adaptation and the present review advocates on a different way forward for the future research.…”
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Smallholder farmer engagement in citizen science for varietal diversification enhances adaptive capacity and productivity in Bihar, India by Gotor, Elisabetta, Pagnani, Tiziana, Paliwal, Ambica, Scafetti, Flavia, Etten, Jacob van, Caracciolo, Francesco

“…Innovations based on crowdsourced citizen sciencemake it possible to involve a large number of households in farmer participatory varietal selection. …”
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Show me what you eat: Assessing diets remotely through pictures by Ceballos, Francisco, Hernandez, Manuel A.

“…Such rich consumption data can help identify and better understand vulnerabilities and nutritional imbalances —including specific macronutrient or micronutrient gaps or excesses—, and open the door for low-cost, individually tailored digital interventions to promote healthier diets. Moreover, crowdsourced data allow to identify locally available, affordable foods rich in specific nutrients consumed by similar households in the area. …”
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The tricot approach: an agile framework for decentralized on-farm testing supported by citizen science. A retrospective by Sousa, Kauê de, Etten, Jacob van, Manners, Rhys, Erna Abidin, Abdulmalik, Rekiya O., Abolore, Bello, Acheremu, Kwabena, Angudubo, Stephen, Aguilar, Amilcar, Arnaud, Elizabeth, Badu, Adventina, Barrios, Mirna, Benavente, Grecia, Boukar, Ousmane, Cairns, Jill E., Carey, Edward, Daudi, Happy, Dawud, Maryam Abba, Edughaen, Gospel, Ellison, James, Esuma, Wiliams, Mohammed, Sanusi Gaya, van de Gevel, Jeske, Gomez, Marvin, Heerwaarden, Joost van, Iragaba, Paula, Kadege, Edith, Assefa, Teshale, Kalemera, Sylvia, Fadhili Salum Kasubiri, Kawuki, Robert, Yosef Gebrehawaryat Kidane, Kilango, Michael, Heneriko Kulembeka, Adofo Kwadwo, Madriz, Brandon, Masumba, Ester, Mbiu, Julius, Mendes, Thiago, Müller, Anna, Moyo, Mukani, Kiddo Mtunda, Muzhingi, Tawanda, Muungani, Dean, Mwenda. Emmanuel T., Veera Prabha Rama Ganga Rao Nadigatla, Ann Ritah Nanyonjo, Sognigbé, N’Danikou, Athanase Nduwumuremyi, Nshimiyimana, Jean Claude, Ephraim Nuwamanya, Hyacinthe Nyirahabimana, Occelli, Martina, Olamide Olaosebikan, Ongom, Patrick Obia, Ortíz Crespo, Berta, Oteng-Fripong, Richard, Ozimati, Alfred, Durodola Owoade, Quiros, Carlos F., Rosas, Juan Carlos, Rukundo, Placide, Rutsaert, Pieter, Milindi Sibomana, Sharma, Neeraj, Nestory Shida, Steinke, Jonathan, Ssali, Reuben, Suchini, Jose Gabriel, Teeken, Béla, Theophilus Kwabla Tengey, Tufan, Hale Ann, Silver Tumwegamire, Tuyishime, Elyse, Ulzen, Jacob, Muhammad Lawan Umar, Onwuka, Samuel, Tessy Ugo Madu, Voss, Rachel C., Yeye, Mary, Zaman-Allah, Mainassara

“…Tricot is a decentralized experimental approach supported by crowdsourced citizen science. In this article, we review the development, validation, and evolution of the tricot approach, through our own research results and reviewing the literature in which tricot approaches have been successfully applied. …”
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