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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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Title Xanthomonas wilt of banana (BXW) in Central Africa: opportunities, challenges, and pathways for citizen science and ICT-based control and prevention strategies
 
Creator McCampbell, M.
Schut, Marc
Bergh, Inge van den
Schagen, Boudy van
Vanlauwe, Bernard
Blomme, Guy
Gaidashova, S.V.
Njukwe, E.
Leeuwis, Cees
 
Subject digital
innovation systems
environmental monitoring
agriculture
transformation
systems analysis
bananas
diseases
democratic republic of congo
 
Description 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.
 
Date 2018-11-01
2018-05-22T15:01:18Z
2018-05-22T15:01:18Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier McCampbell, M., Schut, M., Van den Bergh, I., van Schagen, B., Vanlauwe, B., Blomme, G., ... & Leeuwis, C. (2018). Xanthomonas Wilt of Banana (BXW) in Central Africa: Opportunities, challenges, and pathways for citizen science and ICT-based control and prevention strategies. NJAS-Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences, 1-12.
1573-5214
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/92838
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.njas.2018.03.002
NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
Open Access
 
Format p. 89-100
application/pdf
 
Publisher Informa UK Limited
 
Source Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences