An open access repository of images on plant health to enable the development of mobile disease diagnostics

Understand

Human society needs to increase food production by an estimated 70% by 2050 to feed an expected population size that is predicted to be over 9 billion people.

• Currently, infectious diseases reduce the potential yield by an average of 40% with many farmers in the developing world experiencing yield losses as high as 100%.
• The widespread distribution of smartphones among crop growers around the world with an expected 5 billion smartphones by 2020 offers the potential of turning the smartphone into a valuable tool for diverse communities growing food.
• One potential application is the development of mobile disease diagnostics through machine learning and crowdsourcing.