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Youssoufa Mohamadou
Pascalin Tiam Apen
Daramy Vandi Von Kallon
William John Baraza
Mbouna Gildas Patrick
Djiembou Tientcheu Victor Nico
Robndoh Mardochée
International Journal of Computer Applications
Plant disease identification in Sub-Saharan Africa poses a significant challenge, hindered by costly laboratory tests or subjective visual assessments.Recent advances in image-based disease identification show promise, but existing methods are limited in accuracy and efficiency.This study addresses these shortcomings by presenting a convolutional neural network (CNN)-based plant disease classifier, leveraging transfer learning from pre-trained models Xception, MobileNetV2, and InceptionV3.A high generalization rate of 98.76% is achieved in the test data, demonstrating the potential for efficient and accurate identification of plant disease.This research contributes to innovative agricultural management solutions in Sub-Saharan Africa, with implications for improving crop yields, food security, and sustainable agriculture.