Makerere University
Kampala, Uganda
Purpose
to protect crops on smallholder farms in rural Africa by using artificial intelligence to mine local radio broadcasts for the latest information on crop pests and diseases to generate surveillance data that enables timely responses to threa
Division
Global Health
Date
May 2019
Region Served
GLOBAL
Committed amount
$100,000
Grant topic
Discovery and Translational Sciences
Duration (months)
24
Grantee location
Kampala, Uganda
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