AUTHOR=Kehs Annalyse , McCloskey Peter , Chelal John , Morr Derek , Amakove Stellah , Plimo Bismark , Mayieka John , Ntango Gladys , Nyongesa Kelvin , Pamba Lawrence , Jeptoo Melodine , Mugo James , Tsuma Mercyline , Mukami Wincate , Onyango Winnie , Hughes David 

TITLE=From Village to Globe: A Dynamic Real-Time Map of African Fields Through PlantVillage

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems

VOLUME=5

YEAR=2021

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/sustainable-food-systems/articles/10.3389/fsufs.2021.514785

DOI=10.3389/fsufs.2021.514785

ISSN=2571-581X

ABSTRACT=<p>A major bottleneck to the application of machine learning tools to satellite data of African farms is the lack of high-quality ground truth data. Here we describe a high throughput method using youth in Kenya that results in a cost-effective method for high-quality data in near real-time. This data is presented to the global community, as a public good and is linked to other data sources that will inform our understanding of crop stress, particularly in the context of climate change.</p>