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Many coffee agronomy training programs aim to improve farmer incomes by increasing their yields. It's important to have good data about on-farm coffee yields so program implementers and policy-makers can make decisions based on quality data. But coffee yields are notoriously difficult to measure. How does a data-driven model to measure yield stack up against farmer recall? Michael Keenan explains:

Comparing methods to estimate coffee yield - Laterite The drawbacks and benefits of using farmer recall data to estimate coffee yield in Kenya, compared to an image recognition technology model.

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