{"title":"Image‐based detection and classification of plant diseases using deep learning: State‐of‐the‐art review","authors":"Manju Bagga, Sonali Goyal","doi":"10.1002/uar2.20053","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/uar2.20053","url":null,"abstract":"Plant diseases are assumed to be one of the primary causes regulating food manufacturing and reducing deficits in crop yield, and it is crucial that plant diseases have rapid spotting and identification. Since the demand for food is rising quickly due to population growth, the main issue for any country is plant disease mechanization in agricultural science. Recent developments in deep learning techniques have found use in plant disease recognition, offering a robust tool with exceedingly precise results. Our main goal is to employ deep learning mechanisms to better understand diseases and how to identify them quickly. In this regard, we analyzed 94 publications chosen from the last 7 years (2016–2023) that show how CNN's philosophy has evolved over this period with various approaches to treating plant diseases. Furthermore, a full description of numerous crops, diseases connected to them, various datasets relating to plant diseases, existing CNN models, and customized CNN architectures is provided. The results of this state‐of‐the‐art review can be implemented to comprehend the cutting‐edge trends in the application of deep learning (CNNs) to detect plant diseases as well as pinpoint any research gaps that require the scientific community's attention.","PeriodicalId":160037,"journal":{"name":"Urban Agriculture & Regional Food Systems","volume":"7 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140516670","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Urbanization effects on urban vegetable farmers adaptation: Evidence from Ghana","authors":"M. Tuffour, George Owusu, D. Sarpong","doi":"10.1002/uar2.20052","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/uar2.20052","url":null,"abstract":"This study argues that urban change and urban agriculture are linked and this relationship affects urban farmers. This causes urban farmers to adapt to the urban change and, in this study, within the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area (GAMA). This is because urban agriculture serves as a source of livelihood for urban dwellers and a source of vital food ingredients which helps address food security concerns in the city. This study employs an exploratory sequential mixed method to investigate this phenomenon, which first uses a qualitative methodology and then quantitative methodology to investigate the changes that have occurred within the GAMA and how the farmers are adapting to these changes. A heterogeneous sampling aproach was used to select a total of 29 farmers from 10 farm sites for the qualitative data, while a multistage sampling approach was used to select 251 farmers from 16 farm sites for the quantitative data. The changes within the urban space realized by farmers include climate, land scarcity, increased population, and lifestyle dynamics. The population increase and lifestyle change, for instance, increased demand for vegetables and land scarcity caused farmers to move to secured lands, which led to farmers enjoying security on those lands. However, increased population, for instance, led to more unplanned settlements, which negatively resulted in polluted streams for farming. It also led to land scarcity that has resulted in the eviction of farmers from their farmlands. In adapting to some of the effects of these changes, farmers used several water sources to reduce their dependence on the polluted streams and embarked on intensification and relocated to cheap and cost‐free lands to be able to manage the land scarcity challenge. All these adaptation strategies prove farmers' resilience to the intense urban changes, which affect their farming activities. This calls for a specialized and focused support for urban agriculture by stakeholders responsible for the promotion of urban agriculture.","PeriodicalId":160037,"journal":{"name":"Urban Agriculture & Regional Food Systems","volume":"45 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139539020","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hannah M. Ohm, Thomas DeSutter, Christina L. M. Hargiss, Keith A. Anderson, Nathan E. Derby, Beverly Alvarez‐Torres
{"title":"Soils information for urban customers: A perspective","authors":"Hannah M. Ohm, Thomas DeSutter, Christina L. M. Hargiss, Keith A. Anderson, Nathan E. Derby, Beverly Alvarez‐Torres","doi":"10.1002/uar2.20054","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/uar2.20054","url":null,"abstract":"Due to its benefits, including but not limited to increased access to affordable healthy food, bringing communities together for a common goal, and improving food security, urban agriculture is gaining popularity across the United States. Although soil‐based information is available at the national level, people in urban environments may have limited details about the soils in their communities. To bridge the gap between rural and urban agriculture, city, state, and federal agencies such as the Natural Resources Conservation Service could expand upon the soil survey programs that currently exist and are available within the WebSoilSurvey. Additionally, trace element testing and interpretation would allow for improved knowledge about the risks that urban soils may have on food quality for those interested in urban agriculture.\u0000Detailed soil science information for urban agriculture may be lacking on a fine scale.\u0000Opportunities exist to support the soil science needs of urban growers via local, state, and federal entities.\u0000Information on urban soils can help provide healthy and sustainable foodstuffs.\u0000","PeriodicalId":160037,"journal":{"name":"Urban Agriculture & Regional Food Systems","volume":"17 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140521097","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Urban soils. Principles and practice\u0000 , by Andrew W. Rate (Editor)","authors":"Remigio Paradelo Núñez","doi":"10.1002/uar2.20036","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/uar2.20036","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":160037,"journal":{"name":"Urban Agriculture & Regional Food Systems","volume":"112 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133324111","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}