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56+Total Publications
32+Journal Articles
13+Reports & Briefs
5+Conference Papers
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Journal Article OPEN ACCESS
2025
Valorization of Sugarcane Bagasse and Agricultural Residues for Biodegradable Composite Packaging Materials
Dr. Beatrice A. Kwamboka, Prof. Stephen M. Kimani
Journal of Cleaner Production • Elsevier • 2025
Post-harvest burning of sugarcane bagasse and banana pseudostems contributes significantly to regional air emissions. This investigation developed thermo-compressed biodegradable biocomposites using extracted cellulose fibers bonded with natural cassava starch.
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Edge AI and Computer Vision for Real-Time Foliar Crop Disease Detection on Resource-Constrained Mobile Devices
Eng. Patrick M. Ochola, Dr. Everlyn K. Nyanchama
ACM Conference on Computing and Sustainable Societies (COMPASS 2025) • ACM Digital Library • 2025
Deployment of quantized MobileNet models on low-cost smartphones enabling offline diagnosis of maize lethal necrosis, potato late blight, and cassava mosaic disease with 94.2% top-1 accuracy.
DOI: 10.1145/3678901.3678945
Journal Article OPEN ACCESS
2025
Efficacy of Indigenous Microorganisms and Organic Amendments in Suppressing Bacterial Wilt in Potato Production in Kisii Highlands
Dr. Geoffrey M. Ondieki, Prof. Joseph N. Mogaka
African Journal of Agricultural Research • Academic Journals • 2025
Bacterial wilt caused by Ralstonia solanacearum remains the most devastating soil-borne disease affecting Solanum tuberosum in the high-altitude potato belts of Kisii and Nyamira. This study evaluated the biocontrol efficacy of indigenous microorganisms (IMO) formulated with farmyard vermicompost and Trichoderma harzianum inoculants. Controlled randomized complete block field trials demonstrated a 68% reduction in wilt incidence and a 42% increase in marketable tuber yields over untreated controls.
DOI: 10.5897/AJAR2025.16482
Journal Article OPEN ACCESS
2025
Smart Irrigation Technologies for Semi-Arid Regions: Enhancing Water Use Efficiency and Horticultural Yields
Prof. Joseph N. Mogaka, Eng. Patrick M. Ochola
Agricultural Water Management • Elsevier • 2025
Field optimization of automated sensor-based micro-drip irrigation schedules in semi-arid lowland horticultural production in South Western Kenya. The study demonstrated a 38% reduction in aggregate water volume while increasing tomato and capsicum yields by 29%.
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2025.108450
Conference Paper OPEN ACCESS
2025
Development and Performance Evaluation of a Low-Cost IoT Telemetric Soil Moisture and Nutrient Sensor for Smallholder Farms
Eng. Patrick M. Ochola, Dr. Geoffrey M. Ondieki
IEEE International Conference on Smart Agriculture and Environmental Sensing (ICSAES 2025) • IEEE Xplore • 2025
Precision farming technologies remain cost-prohibitive for smallholder growers. We present the design, firmware calibration, and field validation of a solar-powered capacitive soil moisture and NPK electro-conductivity probe operating over LoRaWAN.
DOI: 10.1109/ICSAES.2025.1049281
Journal Article
2025
Adversarial Content–Noise Complementary Learning Model for Image Denoising and Tumor Detection in Low-Quality Medical Images
Dr. Teresa Kwamboka Abuya
Signals, 6(2), 17 • 2025
This publication contributes evidence and practical insight to current research and development priorities.
