Ua loaʻa i kahi hui noiʻi e hoʻomohala ana i nā hāʻina hana no ka ʻike ʻana a me ka mālama ʻana i nā mea hoʻoweliweli i ke olakino o nā hua ʻai e hoʻonui i ka ʻenehana e kōkua i nā mea mahiʻai liʻiliʻi a puni ka honua.
ʻO CGIAR, kahi hui noiʻi mahiʻai honua, hāʻawi i ka papahana i kahi haʻawina hoʻonui $ 250,000 ma lalo o kāna papahana Inspire Challenge, ʻāpana o ka CGIAR Platform for Big Data in Agriculture. Hoʻolālā ʻia ka papahana e hoʻokumu a hoʻoulu i nā hopena hou no ka mahiʻai kikohoʻe i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā ʻoihana.
Ma 2017, ka papahana - alakaʻi ʻia e ʻO David Hughes, hoa polopeka o entomology a me ka biology, Penn State, a me James Legg, mea kanu virologist ma Nigeria-based International Institute of Tropical Agriculture - ua loaʻa iā ia he $100,000 Inspire Challenge hāʻawi pilo mai CGIAR. Hāʻawi ʻia nā haʻawina hoʻonui ʻia o ka papahana i nā papahana hoʻokele Inspire Challenge i hōʻike i nā hopena maikaʻi ʻole, hōʻoia ʻia ka hiki, hiki i ka hopena a me ke ʻano o ka huki ʻana i ke kālā hoʻopukapuka.
Ma ka hui pū ʻana me ka papahana Roots, Tubers and Banana o CGIAR, ua hoʻomohala ʻo Hughes a me kāna mau hoa hana i kahi mea kōkua akamai artificial-intelligence e hana ana ma ke kelepona maʻamau a hiki iā ia ke ʻike pololei i nā maʻi cassava ma waho, me ka ʻole o kahi pilina pūnaewele. Kāhea ʻia ka app ʻO Nuru, ʻo ia hoʻi ka "mālamalama" ma ka ʻōlelo Swahili.
Ua ʻike nā mea noiʻi ʻo Nuru, ma ka awelika, ʻelua ʻoi aku ka pololei ma mua o nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo kanaka i hoʻāʻo ʻia. Eia kekahi, pili ka app i ka Penn State ma ka pūnaewele PlantVillage kahua, kahi e hiki ai i ka poʻe mahiʻai ke loaʻa ka ʻōlelo aʻo mai ka poʻe akamai ma nā keʻena aupuni, nā kulanui a me nā hui noiʻi, offline a ma nā ʻōlelo kūloko - i kēia manawa ma Swahili, Palani, Twi, Hindi a me English.
ʻOiai ʻo ka papahana i kālele mua ʻia i ka ʻike ʻana i ka maʻi cassava, ke kūkulu nei nā mea noiʻi i nā hiʻohiʻona e pili ana i nā mea kanu ʻē aʻe, e like me Hughes.
"ʻO kēia kaʻina aʻe o ke kālā e hiki ai iā mākou ke hoʻokokoke i nā ʻuala ʻē aʻe, e like me ka ʻuala Irish, ka ʻuala a me ka ʻuala, a me ka maiʻa, he mea koʻikoʻi kēia mau mea āpau i nā mahiʻai ʻApelika," wahi āna. "E hoʻomohala pū mākou i kā mākou mea hana i loko o ka pōʻaiapili o ka 'agriculture-smart agriculture' ma o ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mākaʻikaʻi satelite e pili ana i ke koʻikoʻi o ka wai ma o ka United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization i kapa ʻia ʻo WaPOR."
Ua hoʻolako manuahi ʻia ʻo Nuru no ka hoʻoiho ʻana ma nā polokalamu Android ma o Google Play i ke kauwela o 2018. Ua ʻike ʻo Hughes ua hoʻoiho ʻia ka app e nā mea hoʻohana ma nā ʻāina āpau a hoʻohana nui ʻia ma ʻApelika a me Asia Hema. Eia kekahi, ke hoʻohana nei ka United Nations i ka mea hana ma waena o 70 mau ʻāina a me 21 mau ʻōlelo e kōkua i ka poʻe mahiʻai e hoʻokele i ka invasive fall armyworm, ka mea i hoʻopau nui i nā mea kanu ma ʻApelika a me nā wahi ʻē aʻe.
ʻO PlantVillage "Nuru," he polokalamu kelepona hiki ke ʻike pololei i nā maʻi cassava ma waho me ka ʻole o kahi pilina pūnaewele, ke hoʻonui nei i ka ʻike ʻana a me ka ʻike ʻana i nā maʻi o ka ʻuala, ka ʻuala a me ka maiʻa, a me ka pōʻino o nā mea kanu mai ka invasive fall armyworm. Kiʻi: Na PlantVillage, Penn State