[Cyverse.Nappn] [webinar] Denis Pastory, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Wednesday, July 24, 2019 at 8:00pm/20:00 JST (UTC +9)

[Amy Tabb]

** Apologies for duplicate postings. ***

Denis Pastory from the Tokyo University of Agriculture will present a 
webinar on Wednesday, July 24, 2019 at 8:00pm/20:00 JST (UTC +9) as part 
of the IEEE RAS Technical Committee of Agricultural Robotics and 
Automation's (AgRA) webinar series.

Please register for this webinar here using Zoom: 
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/6115578399507/WN_mvsTfgFbQs6Swu0WINo9hA

This webinar will also be broadcast with YouTube Live, which is an 
option from Zoom (registration not necessary if you are joining via 
YouTube Live).

Commenting and asking questions is still possible via YouTube Live.  The 
link is not available beforehand, so check ~15 minutes before the 
webinar on Twitter, where I will post it publicly: 
https://twitter.com/AgRoboticsTC

All details, including a time zone converter, technical details, and 
presenter biography available here: 
http://ieeeagra.com/events/webinar-july-24-2019/

Title: Emerging Technological Transfer to Tackle Invasive Pest 
challenges in Sub-Sahara Africa: A computer vision Approach.


Abstract: Agriculture is a vital tool for sustainable development in 
Africa. Despite the socio-economic importance of tomato that produce 
market opportunity, food and nutritional security for smallholder 
grower, it is apparently constrained by the recent invasion Illustration 
of the impact of the insect pest Tuta absoluta, a type of moth, on 
tomato plants. Top panel: evidence of feeding injury on tomato leaves. 
Bottom panel: effect on whole plants. of the tomato pest /Tuta 
absoluta/. /Tuta absoluta/ is devastating tomato yield causing loss of 
up to 100% jeopardizing livelihoods of millions of growers, leading to 
the declaration of a state of emergency in some of the continent’s main 
tomato producing areas. Current strategies such as pesticide use is 
expensive for small-scale farmers in Africa, agriculture extension 
services are limited, etc. In this webinar, we present our ongoing 
research, a data-driven emerging technological application and transfer 
to enhance tomato production and reduce losses due to /Tuta absoluta/ 
based on a computer vision tomato pest assessment and predictive 
approach. An alternative approach to help alleviate the current alarming 
situation by providing solutions that could help in early management and 
control, thus avoiding the damage that might occur to millions of tomato 
farmers in Sub-Sahara Africa.


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Amy

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