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    Xanthomonas wilt of banana (BXW) in Central Africa: opportunities, challenges, and pathways for citizen science and ICT-based control and prevention strategies

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    Date
    2018
    Author
    McCampbell, M.
    Schut, Marc
    Bergh, I. van den
    Schagen, B. van
    Vanlauwe, Bernard
    Blomme, Guy
    Gaidashova, S.V.
    Njukwe, E.
    Leeuwis, C.
    Type
    Journal Article
    Target Audience
    Scientists
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    Xanthomonas Wilt of Banana (BXW) is a complex problem in the African Great Lakes Region that is affecting the livelihoods of millions of smallholder farmers. Since the first disease reports from Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2001, BXW has been studied widely. The majority of these studies focus on the technological or biophysical dimensions, while aspects and influence of socio-cultural, economic and institutional dimensions only recently started to gain attention. This paper provides an in-depth analysis of the broader BXW problem using a systems perspective, with the aim to add to the understanding about reasons for poor uptake of appropriate disease management practices, and limited ability to prevent rather than control BXW in the region. We comprehensively describe and analyse the various problem dimensions, and determine relations with data, information, knowledge, and connectivity. Building on this, the paper explores and discusses entry-points for the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and citizen science tools to better address BXW in banana production systems.
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.njas.2018.03.002
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    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/3414
    Non-IITA Authors ORCID
    Mariette McCampbellhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4710-5825
    Marc Schuthttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3361-4581
    Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.njas.2018.03.002
    Research Themes
    NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
    IITA Subjects
    Banana; Natural Resource Management; Plant Diseases
    Agrovoc Terms
    Digital; Innovation Systems; Environmental Monitoring; Agriculture; Transformation; Systems Analysis; Bananas; Diseases; Democratic Republic Of Congo
    Regions
    Africa; Central Africa; East Africa
    Countries
    Congo, Dr; Rwanda; Uganda
    Journals
    NJAS - Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences
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