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Rice provides 20% of the world’s food energy, with expected demand rising by 60% by 2050, but climate change, more extreme weather and evolving pathogens threaten farmers’ ability to produce enough of the crop. To help better predict crop yield and how interventions may improve yield an international research team has developed an approach that farmers may be able to implement using just a smartphone.