How AI is helping Nigerian farmers tackle crop diseases, improve farm decisions

By Cynthia Alo
With many Nigerian farmers still relying on traditional knowledge to identify crop diseases and determine appropriate treatments, delayed access to agricultural advice often means problems are left unresolved until they affect yields.
In some cases, farmers have to wait days for agronomists to visit their farms and recommend solutions.
CropCura, a digital agricultural innovation co-founded by Victor Onyekachukwu, is seeking to change this practice by bringing crop diagnosis and farm advisory services directly to farmers through technology.
Onyekachukwu said the application allows farmers to take pictures of affected crops and receive an AI-powered analysis and recom...