TY - JOUR
T1 - Xanthomonas Wilt of Banana (BXW) in Central Africa
T2 - Opportunities, challenges, and pathways for citizen science and ICT-based control and prevention strategies
AU - McCampbell, Mariette
AU - Schut, Marc
AU - Van den Bergh, Inge
AU - van Schagen, Boudy
AU - Vanlauwe, Bernard
AU - Blomme, Guy
AU - Gaidashova, Svetlana
AU - Njukwe, Emmanuel
AU - Leeuwis, Cees
PY - 2018/11
Y1 - 2018/11
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Agricultural transformation
KW - Banana wilt disease
KW - Digital innovation
KW - Environmental monitoring
KW - ICT4Ag
KW - Systems analysis
U2 - 10.1016/j.njas.2018.03.002
DO - 10.1016/j.njas.2018.03.002
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85043995494
VL - 86-87
SP - 89
EP - 100
JO - NJAS Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences
JF - NJAS Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences
SN - 1573-5214
ER -